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Hong Kong court backs no-jury security law trials
HONG KONG: The first Hong Konger to be charged under Beijing’s national security law can be tried without a jury, a senior judge said Thursday in a ruling that cements the financial hub’s fast-changing legal traditions.Tong Ying-kit, 24, was charged with two crimes under the new law a day after it came into effect after he allegedly drove his motorbike into a group of police officers during a protest.Hong Kong’s justice secretary opted against using a jury for his upcoming trial, a decision AFP first revealed in February.Tong challenged that decision at the High Court but lost on Thursday.In his ruling, High Court judge Alex Lee said before the security law, a jury “was the only mode of tria

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