Ex-lawmaker's acquittal for exposing probe target reversed

Jamie Liu

Hong Kong's top court has reinstated the conviction of former lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting for disclosing the identity of a police commander facing a probe by anti-graft officials over the July 21 Yuen Long mob attack five years ago.

The ruling also restored his sentence of four months' imprisonment, meaning the 47-year-old politician, who is already serving time for offenses linked to two other trials, would be kept in prison longer.

This came as the Court of Final Appeal yesterday ruled by a majority to overturn Lam's acquittal of three counts of unlawfully disclosing the identity of an investigation target by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.