(1 Dec 2022)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 1 December 2022
1. Wide tracking shot of prison van (AM5774), is thought to be carrying democracy advocate and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai, arriving car park area of Hong Kong High Court
2. Close of police
3. Tilt down from skyscrapers to wide of high court car park area
4. Various of police outside court
5. Wide of lawyers defending Lai, Kevin Steel (grey hair and white mask) and Johnny Ho (dark green mask) walking into main entrance of High Court
6. Wide of Teresa Lai, wife of Jimmy Lai (red scarf), and Jade Lai, daughter of Jimmy Lai (yellow top) walking into main entrance of High Court
7. Wide pan from journalists to high court main entrance
8. Close of sign of Hong Kong High Court
9. Various of Chinese and Hong Kong flags outside court at half-mast, a day after the death of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin
STORYLINE:
The trial of a Hong Kong newspaper publisher who was arrested in a crackdown on a pro-democracy movement was postponed Thursday after the territory’s leader asked China to effectively block him from hiring a British defense lawyer.
Jimmy Lai, 74, faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a national security law imposed by the ruling Communist Party on the former British colony.
The government objected after judges on Monday approved Lai’s plan to hire Timothy Owen, a veteran human rights lawyer.
Chief Executive John Lee asked China’s Communist Party-controlled ceremonial legislature to decide whether foreign lawyers who didn’t normally practice in Hong Kong could be rejected for national security cases.
Beijing imposed the security law after pro-democracy protests that started in 2019. If Beijing intervenes, that would mark the sixth time the Communist-ruled government has stepped into the city’s legal affairs.
The judges granted their approval to the application from the Department of Justice to postpone the trial for a short period as the city awaits Beijing’s decision.
The next hearing is scheduled for Dec. 13 to handle the matter.
Owen did not appear in court because the immigration department withheld the barrister’s application for an extension of his work visa, Lai’s lawyer said.
AP video shot by Alice Fung
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