Posts Tagged "open justice"

May 13, 2016 (South China Morning Post) — The Department of Justice has warned it will prosecute media outlets that run reports of bail negotiations and defendants’ criminal records, despite dropping charges against two local Chinese papers over an alleged contravention. It also made clear in a statement the importance of banning such reports to prevent prejudicing members of public who could be potential jurors. This came after...

July 15, 2014 — A Hong Kong court has denied a media request for access to a court document in the  corruption trial of former top government official Rafael Hui. A representative for Bloomberg News requested the court’s permission to review two “fund flow charts” created by Hong Kong prosecutors to assist the jury in understanding evidence being presented in court. In rejecting the request,  Justice Andrew...