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Hong Kong Says Top UK Lawyer Has Quit Team Prosecuting Dissidents By AFP News on January 20 2021 4:56 PM 0 0 A top British barrister has pulled out of leading a team prosecuting a group of prominent Hong Kong dissidents, the city's authorities said Wednesday, following growing criticism in the UK. David Perry was announced last week as lead prosecutor in the upcoming trial of nine well-known activists, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai and former lawmaker Martin Lee, on charges of unlawful assembly. But Perry's involvement sparked a row in the UK about legal ethics, and whether British lawyers...
