National security law: links with 6 unspecified groups proof that Hong Kong alliance behind annual Tiananmen vigil acted as ‘foreign agent’, say prosecutors


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Hong Kong prosecutors have cited links between a now-defunct alliance which used to organise the city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil and six unspecified groups in accusing it of acting as a “foreign agent”. The defence, however, argued that the redaction of some probe materials would affect the group’s right to receive a fair trial. “It will not just affect cross-examination on the spot, but also our own investigation out of the trial itself …. [including] whether we can still have a fair trial without full disclosure to prove that the notice [to provide information] is legal,” Chow Hang-tung, former vice-chair...