There will be no foreign judge present when the Court of Final Appeal hears its first national security law case next week. Photo: Warton Li
No foreign judges will hear the first national security law case before Hong Kong’s top court
- The case centres on a lower court’s decision to grant bail to media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was accused of collusion under the security law
- Court of Final Appeal panels without a foreign judge are practically unheard of, with 690 out of 700 cases heard since the handover including at least one
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There will be no foreign judge present when the Court of Final Appeal hears its first national security law case next week. Photo: Warton Li
