(Elise Ann Allen, Crux) In a highly anticipated ruling already making the rounds in
international media, Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen and five others were
convicted Friday of failing to register a now-defunct relief fund that
offered assistance to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. Zen, along with barrister Margaret Ng, ex-lawmaker Cyd Ho, scholar
Hui Po-keung, singer-activist Denise Ho, and Sze Ching-wee, the fund’s
former secretary, appeared in front of Permanent Magistrate Ada Yim
Shun-yee at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts Friday to hear the court’s
verdict. (...)
