Justin Chan

@AFP Video journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly SCMP. he/him. Views my own, RTs not endorsements

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

🇭🇰 Banned film exposes Hong Kong's censorship trend, director says

Filmmaker Kiwi Chow says the decision of Hong Kong censors to ban his new thriller "Deadline" based on unexplained national security concerns proves the city "is under the rule of a totalitarian state."

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

As Hong Kong marks the festive season, thousands displaced by last month's housing estate fire still struggle with grief.

Survivor Yip Ka-kui turned holiday photos into a tribute to his wife, saying he could not accept she was gone.

@AFP story: https://t.co/IWc38BVu0i

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

#BREAKING : Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of all three charges in his national security trial.

He faced two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications.

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

Hong Kong's Court of Appeal will soon start hearing the appeals of 13 pro-democracy figures jailed last year for subversion as part of the city's largest national security case.

Prosecutors are also appealing one acquittal. A short queue was seen outside court just before 8am.

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

After returning home from prison, former Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker Claudia Mo was "resting" and would not speak to reporters, her husband Philip Bowring said.

"She's well and she's in good spirits... We look forward to being together again," he said at his flat.

[Webb-site @webbhk]

If HKU upholds freedom of speech then it is notable that the video of my High Table Dinner Speech "Freedom and the Future of China" at HKU Chi Sun College on 30-Oct-2018 has been taken down, along with all other such speeches. Anyway, the text is here: https://t.co/iM6YHyQUpH

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

As Macau marks 25 years under Chinese rule, read @AFP's full coverage:

News: https://t.co/dfBdv1GXDz
Leader profile: https://t.co/II1SZpI61m

Economy: https://t.co/6F56dlGj7w
Politics: https://t.co/qBSGk7Pzuc
Culture: https://t.co/OHPZZkMvvY
Background: https://t.co/FeG6JpXSrz

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun last week spent $6.2 million on the conceptual artwork "Comedian" by Italian artist Maurizio Cattlelan at a Sotheby's auction in New York.

Today, he at it at a press conference in Hong Kong.

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is now being awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Also being honoured is actor Tony Leung, Nobel laureate Michael Levitt and Fields medallist David Mumford.

[Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu]

Have signed off from my last day in the extraordinary journey with AFP (and the press)

If someone requests interview in my name as an AFP (or any outlet) reporter, that’s not me.

But like HK, there is still one last story up in the sleeve.

Meanwhile:

https://t.co/1kclI3NxdI

[Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu]

Talkative and commandeering as he testified in court Wednesday, Hong Kong media mogul #JimmyLai still seemed like a man used to being in charge despite spending most of the last four years in jail.

w/@holmeschan_ @BeiJia_B

https://t.co/ON4Ro8B7OA

[RFA 自由亞洲粵語 @RfaCantonese]

判刑已成定局，難受的不獨是在囚中的政治犯，他們的家人同樣面對與至親分隔之苦。本台於判刑前特別訪問了長毛 #梁國雄 妻子陳寶瑩，以及 #劉穎匡 女友Emilia。兩人並沒為這場漫長的審訊終於結束而釋懷，認為這3年多的經歷，令她們變成更好的自己，將來迎接摰愛出獄。 ➡️ https://t.co/6VAQpa0aHi

[Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu]

The #JimmyLai #NSL collusion trial has been going on for more than 90 days and today the ex-tycoon who has been kept behind bars since late 2020 will step into the witness box, breaking the silence he has kept in 5 previous trials over 4 years. https://t.co/kaqJOChxPy

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

For the second day in a row, people have lined up outside Hong Kong's West Kowloon Law Courts building—this time to hear pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai testify in his national security trial.

Compared to yesterday, the queue is shorter and the weather is worse.

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

Hong Kong jailed 45 pro-democracy figures today. Our full coverage:

1⃣Wrap: https://t.co/6WeSHlQfMw

2⃣Profile: https://t.co/NpdkoJ1F0n

3⃣Reportage: https://t.co/PzTb5aFLpj

4⃣Profile: https://t.co/FzXfaNOJs8

5⃣Bios: https://t.co/4nR3SlxDoR

(with @XinqiSu and @BeiJia_B)

[Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu]

Lee Yue-shun is one of the first two men who walked free out of an #NSL trial, breaking the prosecution’s 100% conviction rate.

45 others are sentenced to years in jail today.

Freedom can taste complicated and what can one do with it?

Story:

https://t.co/7WUjcjpIRC

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

#JUSTIN: Former journalist Gwyneth Ho was sentenced to 84 months in prison, one of the longest jail terms among defendant not accused of being a main organiser.

[Holmes Chan @holmeschan_]

#JUSTIN: Veteran activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung was given 81 months imprisonment, among the longest jail term of the defendants not categorised as a main organiser.

[Alan Wong @alanwong]

A few things to note from Hong Kong's mass sentencing today of 45 democracy advocates.

- Benny Tai's 10-year term is the longest ever meted out using China's NSL
- Owen Chow got the second-heaviest penalty at 93 months. Didn't get a discount because he pleaded not guilty

[Timothy McLaughlin @TMclaughlin3]

Some questions regarding Hong Kong's implementation of the NSL being answered at the NSL 47 sentencing this AM.

Andrew Chiu, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, received a 50% reduction in his sentence for flipping and testifying against others.