Sharon Tam

Hong Kong Journalist | views of my own, retweet ≠ endorsement

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

Retired #HKU law school professor @profmikedavis agrees a higher could overturn the decision. The appeal might be “a policy argument to accord with common law tradition and the value of encouraging early pleas and admission of wrongdoing”, he commended on yesterday.

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

#HONGKONG The fourth man convicted of #NSL didn’t get full guilty plea discount due to the “minimum sentence” stated in art.21 in NSL, adopted for the first time to change the sentence. Scholars think there are room for appeal.
https://t.co/GF3HetxqQE

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

A UK case R v Jordan and others [2005] was quoted by the Prosecution, for disputing that a guilty plea discount is irrelevant to the mandatory minimum sentence. #HKU law school professor Albert Chen thinks there’s difference in interpreting UK law and NSL, hence room for appeal.

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

He quotes lyrics from Keung To (Mirror)’s #DearMyFriend in his mitigation, hoping Hongkongers to “embrace hope in times of disturbance, to offset disappoint bit by bit. One day, we search for Utopia together.”

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

@figochanhowun admits a charge of “failing to comply with notice to furnish information” regarding not replying to police enquiry under the Societies Ordinance in April and is fined HKD8,000.

[Pak Yiu @pakwayne]

@thlsharon and I tracked the arrests made by the newly formed national security department and found that those targeted were from the pro-dem camp that include politicians, journalists, activists and students

[Pak Yiu @pakwayne]

Today marks one year after Beijing imposed a national security law for Hong Kong, marking a new chapter for the city. https://t.co/3yuBgicRhM

[Jessie Pang @JessiePang0125]

Some #AppleDaily journalists said they would not be intimidated.
“I will not quit at this moment,”said a reporter who asked not to be identified.“ I think as a journalist, I can’t do anything to respond except to keep reporting.”
w/⁦@jamespomfret⁩ https://t.co/ZRKFfdYra9

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

HK's Apple Daily says police arrest five directors in latest blow to tycoon Jimmy Lai https://t.co/7qZob2nH21

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

#BREAKING Oriental Daily reports 5 board members of #AppleDaily arrested for #NSL

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

Police is taking the Editor-in-Chief Law Wai-kwong back to the Apple Daily building.

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

#JimmyLai’s bail appeal was quoted by the lawyers. The judge stated the judgement “was not confined to national security charges”.

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

#HONGKONG A 17-y male student is charged for distribution of seditious publication, the youngest charged by #NationalSecurityDepartment so far. The alleged charge is conspired with a 45-y women.

[Sharon Tam @thlsharon]

Journalists asked the prosecution for her name but she only stated her last name as Ng. She left the court under police protection.