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in 1951. (although this Convention has not been
applied to Hong Kong).
(2) that so far as Section 122 is concerned,
it is true that the press cannot be excluded
either from the hearing of a case or during
the announcement of the verdict. But this
will not enable relatives and friends of the
The
accussed actually to see verdict passed on the
accused; nor will it necessarily ensure that
they will know what has happened to the
accused
used. This is because:
(a)
the press might not report the result of
the case;
(b) the case might be reported in a newspaper
which the relatives and friends did not see;
(c) the case might be reported in a news-
paper printed in a language not known to the
relatives and friends;
(a) even if the judgment and sentence were
reported in a newspaper normally read by
the relatives and friends of the accused, they
might miss the item since the date on which
judgment and sentence were to be announced
might not have been known to them; and
(e)
even if they saw the verdict in a news-
paper, they might be doubtful whether it was
a true report.
후rue
910.
It is undoubtedly the case that during
the disturbances of 1967, the courts in
Indeed,
Hong Kong had at times to operate in
circumstances of extreme difficulty.
there were occasions when magistrates had
been chased by communist-inspired mobs, not
only from the court precincts but also from
the court itself. The Governor's desire
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