Trial date set for Hong Kong Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, longtime critic of China’s communist regime


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Skip to comments. Trial date set for Hong Kong Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, longtime critic of China’s communist regime Posted on 08/16/2022 8:59:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind A judge in Hong Kong has scheduled a five-day trial for 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen, a longtime critic of China’s communist regime who was arrested in May for his role in a now-defunct humanitarian relief organization that helped people who participated in the large-scale 2019 pro-democracy protests. Magistrate Ada Yim set the trial date (Sept. 19-23) after speaking to prosecutors and Zen’s lawyers, The Tablet said, citing a report by the Hong Kong...