The 94-year-old prelate appeared in court with a walking stick in his hand. He and four others were first arrested in 2022 on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
Hong Kong Court Rejects Cardinal Zen’s Appeal
Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of Cardinal Joseph Zen, 94, and four other former trustees of a humanitarian fund. Cardinal Zen attended court using a walking stick.
He was convicted in 2022 alongside barrister and former legislator Margaret Ng, former lawmaker Cyd Ho, singer Denise Ho and academic Hui Po-keung for failing to register the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund under Hong Kong’s Societies Ordinance.
Each was fined HK$4,000 (about €440). The convictions were the first of their kind under the ordinance.
The fund was established in June 2019 to provide legal, medical and other financial assistance to people arrested or injured during the protests. It ceased operations in October 2021.
Today, three judges rejected the defendants’ argument that the fund was money administered through a trust and therefore did not constitute a “society.”
They found that those governing the fund had mutual rights and obligations and that it was more than money held on trust. It …More
Cardinal Zen is also a living Saint of our times. We praise you, Lord Jesus, for this holy priest!
The 94-year-old prelate appeared in court with a walking stick in his hand. He and four others were first arrested in 2022 on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
At 94 years old, Cardinal Zen sees his conviction confirmed in Hong Kong amid Chinese repression - A historic figure in Hong Kong Catholicism and defender of freedoms, Cardinal Joseph Zen has lost his appeal in the case of the 2019 aid fund for protesters
Many people trusted China when it took over Hong Kong from the British. Hopefully now they understand that communist and Marxist countries cannot be trusted.