Hong Kong court denies Portuguese citizen’s appeal for shorter nat. security sentence at top court

Hong Kong court denies Portuguese citizen’s appeal for shorter nat. security sentence at top court

The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has denied a Portuguese citizen jailed under the Beijing-imposed national security law permission to appeal for a shorter sentence at the city’s top court. The Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. In a Friday judgment, three appellate court judges – Jeremy Poon, Derek Pang, and Anthea Pang – shot down independence activist Joseph John’s application to take his bid for a shorter sentence to the C…