29 Dec 2020
HKSAR v. LAI, CHEE YING
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 3161
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCP727/2020
Bail was granted because, considering the not-yet-conclusive state of the evidence, arguable defences, the Applicant's compliance history, and because the bespoke and stringent conditions proposed and accepted (HK$10 million cash bail, three cash sureties, surrender of travel documents, reporting, confinement to residence with narrow exceptions, and an express undertaking prohibiting conduct that could be construed as requesting foreign sanctions including specific prohibitions on meetings with foreign officials, media appearances, publication, and social media use) adequately ameliorate the…