Lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun Taken From Jail To Hospital
"); jQuery("#212 h3").html("
"); });
2019-04-25 HKT 16:59
Share this story
One of the four Occupy activists jailed on Wednesday – social welfare sector lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun – was taken from the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre to hospital on Thursday after apparently suffering from an irregular heartbeat.
Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, who escaped a custodial sentence for his role in the Umbrella Movement, said Shiu had been taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment.
It wasn't known whether Shiu would be kept in hospital.
The state of his health was brought up during mitigation pleas at the activists' trial, with his lawyer telling the District Court that the legislator suffers from serious diabetes which affects his eyesight.
Along with League of Social Democrats activist Raphael Wong, Shiu was given an eight-month prison term and he now risks losing his seat in Legco. Occupy co-founders Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man were jailed for 16 months.
Speaking to reporters after visiting the men in prison, Chu quoted Tai, Chan and Wong as saying that they are doing fine.
Plantos Agentic AI CFO Takes Aim At The SME Lending Gap
Planto, a leading financial technology company specialising in AI-driven banking solutions, officially unveiled its whi... Read more
Hong Kong And Indonesia Explore QR Payment Interoperability
Hong Kong and Indonesia are exploring QR payment interoperability between the two markets. The Hong Kong Monetary Autho... Read more
Who Raises The Alarm, If Synthetic Identity Fraud Has No Victim?
Synthetic identity fraud is one of the fastest-growing fraud types globally, where fraudsters fabricate a person who ne... Read more
SFC Hong Kong Strategic Action Plan Backs Citys Five-Year Plan
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has unveiled a strategic action plan. It supports the city’s Fi... Read more
Tencent Launches TenPayGo Payment App For Travellers In China
Tencent has launched TenPayGo, a payment app for overseas visitors to mainland China. ITHome (IT之家) reported that i... Read more
Deutsche Bank Deploys Agentic AI To Help Trace Client Wealth For KYC
Deutsche Bank Private Bank has launched an agentic AI tool to support Source of Wealth checks, part of its Know Your Cu... Read more