A recent double murder case may prove to be an important test of Hong Kong’s restrictive laws on what can or cannot be reported on in a pending court case in the internet age. “Hong Kong inherited the UK’s more restrictive approach,” Doreen Weisenhaus told The South China Morning Post in a November 4, 2014 article. “The presumption is that too much public information about the case would jeopardise a defendant’s right to a fair trial…”
Hong Kong and international media have covered this case extensively.