epa10335650 Hong Kong Bar Association chairman Victor Dawes speaks to reporters in the Bar Association office in Hong Kong, China, 29 November 2022. The Bar reacted to Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s decision to ask the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, Beijing’s top legislative body, to interpret the city’s national security law after the Court of Final Appeal upheld a decision allowing a British barrister to defend media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying against charges of collusion with foreign forces. EPA/JEROME FAVRE
