HONG KONG, China (AFP) – Joshua Wong and two other leading Hong Kong democracy activists won an appeal against their jail terms at the city’s highest court Tuesday in a case seen as a test for the independence of the city’s judiciary, which some fear is under pressure from Beijing. But the trio warned it was not a time for celebration because the city still faced threats to its freedoms. Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow […]
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DFA: Malaysia court’s death sentence for nine Filipinos over 2013 Borneo incursion “not yet final”
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday said that the decision of Malaysia’s Court of Appeal imposing the death penalty on nine Filipinos implicated in a 2013 incursion in Borneo was not yet final. In a statement, the DFA said the case will be heard by the Federal Court of Malaysia “under automatic appeal.” “The Philippine government has extended legal and other forms of assistance to all the defendants from the trial stage of their case […]





