Hong Kong’s rule of law is “more robust and enduring than the outcome of any single case”, the city’s chief justice has declared after former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was found guilty in a landmark national security case that drew international scrutiny and criticism.
Chief Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung on Monday also warned that any calls for the early release of a defendant based on his occupation or political causes were a strike against the city’s rule of law, and that any threat of…