{"id":1827,"date":"2021-03-03T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T07:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boasecohencollins.com\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2021-03-03T15:10:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T07:10:16","slug":"a-rather-unpalatable-legal-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boasecohencollins.com\/zh-hans\/%e7%bd%91%e8%aa%8c\/a-rather-unpalatable-legal-process\/","title":{"rendered":"A rather unpalatable legal process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hong Kong, 3 March 2021: <\/strong>Fatty foods are off the menu in the Cohen household as my fitness drive gathers pace. In addition to gym sessions, stretching routines and regular hikes, healthy eating is a key component of my newly sensible lifestyle. Goodbye pizzas, pies and puddings, hello fruit and vegetables. My usual lunch is a salad, evening meals are always light. I\u2019ve shed 15kg in the past year and feel so much better for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desserts, especially, are a no-no. Ice cream, mousse, gateaux and the like are strictly forbidden. Rather, such delights would appear more suited to the government prosecutors at West Kowloon Court who, in the choice words of one of the defence counsel, \u201cwant to have their cake and eat it\u201d as they seek to deny bail to 47 defendants accused of breaching the national security law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For any readers who haven\u2019t been following this week\u2019s events, a quick summary. The 47 were among 55 individuals arrested in January after taking part in an unofficial primary election organised by opposition politicians and activists. The authorities insist it was a subversive plot to seize control of the Legislative Council with the ultimate aim of paralysing the government and toppling Chief Executive Carrie Lam. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 47 reported to police last Sunday, when they were charged with subversion and detained ahead of the hearing, which commenced the next day. It should be noted that obtaining bail in national security cases is far from straightforward. Prosecutors are asking the court to hold the accused in custody for at least another three months while police complete their inquiries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I write, the court has entered its third straight marathon day of bail applications. Monday\u2019s session ended in the early hours of Tuesday after a female defendant fainted. She was one of four taken to hospital suffering from fatigue. Yesterday\u2019s session ended comparatively early at 10:35pm, with around half those in the dock allowed to leave early after the magistrate said he feared they were not getting enough rest. Several appeared drained and sleepy. Defence lawyers said some of their clients had not been able to change clothes since Sunday. Proceedings resumed at 12:00 noon today with eight bail applications still to be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I cannot recall a situation such as this in my four decades as a legal professional in Hong Kong. We have long-established protocols and processes in place. In cases involving scores of defendants, it is usual for bail hearings and the like to be done in batches to avoid drawn-out proceedings. It is reasonable to expect charges to be laid once investigations are almost complete, not at an immature stage. Defendants are entitled to presumption of innocence and should be treated thus. I confess to having serious concerns about what is happening in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If events at West Kowloon Court are somewhat deflating, at least I\u2019m buoyed by the prospect of my impending Covid-19 vaccination. I signed up this morning for my Pfizer-BioNTech shot on 27 March, with the second dose to be administered on 17 April. I\u2019ve given the authorities enough stick in this column regarding our city\u2019s delayed vaccine roll-out, so I should point out the online booking system was quick and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staying on this topic, I wish to highlight the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.otandp.com\/blog\/ep-004-hong-kong-covid-vaccination-rollout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">latest podcast<\/a> from Dr David Owens in which he again sits down with epidemiologist Professor Ben Cowling to discuss the role of Covid-19 vaccinations in the normalisation of life in Hong Kong. It is recommended listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our gradual return to some sort of natural order includes, thankfully, restaurants remaining open until 10:00pm. Not so those in the upscale K11 Musea shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, however. The mall is closed this week, with a cluster of positive coronavirus cases connected to one of its eateries growing to 49 people as of yesterday. An investigation revealed the restaurant\u2019s ventilation system was inadequate, meaning the fresh air supply to its customers was only a third of the expected amount. K11 Musea\u2019s owners promptly announced they were terminating the restaurant\u2019s tenancy agreement. Amid this fallout, Hong Kong confirmed 13 new infections yesterday and 14 today, taking the city\u2019s total to 11,046 in the past year, with 200 related deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happily, the K11 Musea drama didn\u2019t affect the Cohen family\u2019s enjoyable weekend staycation at the nearby Rosewood Hong Kong. Grandson Nathan duly pitched his tent in my room, although he mercifully didn\u2019t insist that <em>gung gung<\/em> (grandfather) should join him in it. A questionable highlight of our stay was my gym workout in which son-in-law Vincent delighted in handing me heavier dumbbells than those prescribed by my trainer, who was giving instructions via Zoom. At least I worked up a great appetite for dinner. No cake, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe and well, everybody!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colin Cohen<\/strong><br><strong>Senior Partner<\/strong><br><strong>Boase Cohen &amp; Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong, 3 March 2021: Fatty foods are off the menu i [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-54"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A rather unpalatable legal process - \u5e03\u9ad8\u6c5f\u5f8b\u5e08\u884c<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boasecohencollins.com\/zh-hans\/%e7%bd%91%e8%aa%8c\/a-rather-unpalatable-legal-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A rather unpalatable legal process - 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