“In the meantime, the respondent is remanded in custody,” the ruling added. (File)
Hong Kong:
Hong Kong’s top court on Tuesday ordered pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to stay behind bars as it backed an appeal by prosecutors against granting him bail, in a landmark legal test of Beijing’s national security law.
“The appellant’s appeal must accordingly be allowed and the judge’s decision to grant the respondent bail must be set aside,” a panel of judges wrote in their ruling.
“In the meantime, the respondent is remanded in custody,” the ruling added.
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