Joshua Wong detained for joining illegal gathering, violating anti-mask law

16:38, September 24, 2020

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  Authorities crack down ahead of 3rd CIIE

  In Xinhong Subdistrict of Minhang District, an urban operation management platform is in operation to ensure a quick response to violations.Shanghai's urban management and law enforcement authorities are focusing on violations such as unauthorized business operations on the street, illegal structure

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  12 suspects nabbed 26 nautical miles SE of HK waters, mainland police reveal details

  Hong Kong Police File photo:Xinhua.Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department revealed details about 12 Hong Kong people who were detained due to illegal entry into mainland waters on August 23, as the case was being hyped by some anti-government forces and Western media.Investigation revealed

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  HSBC may have violated Chinese law in Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in Canada

  Meng Wanzhou (Photo: AFP)As the legal battle involving Huaweis Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou resumed in Canada, the controversial role of British bank HSBC in this case returned to public view in China. Some legal experts suggested that if such a role is confirmed, the bank, which has already fallen into an unprecedented crisis in the Chinese market, may also have violated Chinese laws, and it may face severe consequences.Meng appeared in court on Monday (Canadian time) in her extradition case amid an intensifying legal battle between the US government and the Chinese tech giant. Her lawyers have been striving to launch a multi-front attack on the extradition request by the US.Mengs defense team argued that US officials omitted key facts and misled the Canadian side in the case.The extradition proceedings against Meng constitute an abuse of the Canadian judicial process and should therefore be terminated. In particular, Meng is seeking to raise a third branch of her application concerning the abuse of process, on the basis that "the record of the case provided to the Crown by the US was misleading and contained material omissions and misrepresentations."The hearing was scheduled to last for days this week in Vancouver in the British Columbia Supreme Court.Her defense team was expected to argue that the US charges against Meng — that she hid Huaweis relationship with its former subsidiary Skycom in Iran from HSBC - are false and lack context, according to previous media reports, which cited court filings."As expressed consistently, Huawei has confidence in Mengs innocence and we trust in the Canadian judicial system to reach that conclusion," Huawei Canada said in a statement sent to the Global Times. Accordingly, Huawei will continue to support Mengs pursuit of justice and freedom.Meng was arrested at Vancouver International Airport in December 2018 by Canadian authorities at the request of the US for allegedly vio...