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Hong Kong Catholic cardinal denies charges over relief fund

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Former Hong Kong Catholic leader Cardinal Joseph Zen and five others deny charges. They were first arrested two weeks ago on suspicion of collusion with foreign forces. Zen and the five others were trustees of the now-defunct 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund. Fund was set up in 2019 to assist protesters who required financial assistance with legal or medical costs.

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Associated Press News

Hong Kong Catholic cardinal denies charges over relief fund

Former Hong Kong Catholic leader Cardinal Joseph Zen and five others have denied charges that they failed to register a relief fund aimed at assisting protesters who faced legal costs

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

Hong Kong Catholic cardinal denies charges over relief fund

Former Hong Kong Catholic leader Cardinal Joseph Zen and five others have denied charges for allegedly failing to register a relief fund aimed at financially assisting protesters who faced legal costs during the 2019 anti-government protests

2 years ago·United States

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Irish Independent

Cardinal faces Hong Kong court charged over relief fund for protesters

Former Hong Kong Catholic leader Cardinal Joseph Zen and five others have denied accusations of failing to register a relief fund aimed at assisting protesters who faced legal costs during the 2019 anti-government protests.

2 years ago·Ireland

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South China Morning Post

Cardinal Zen, 5 others deny charges linked to fund for Hong Kong protesters

Six appear before West Kowloon Court for the first time since their arrest by national security police two weeks ago.

2 years ago·Hong Kong

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Channel News Asia

Elderly Hong Kong cardinal in court over protest defence fund

HONG KONG: Ninety-year-old retired Catholic cardinal Joseph Zen appeared in a Hong Kong court on Tuesday (May 24) charged with failing to properly register a protest defence fund, after he was initially arrested under the city's national security law. Zen, one of Asia's highest-ranking Catholic clerics, wa

2 years ago·Singapore

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IBTimes

Elderly Hong Kong Cardinal In Court Over Protest Defence Fund

Ninety-year-old retired Catholic cardinal Joseph Zen appeared in a Hong Kong court Tuesday charged with failing to properly register a protest defence fund, after he was initially arrested under the city's national security law. Zen, one of Asia's highest-ranking Catholic clerics, was among five prominent democracy advocates -- including activist and singer Denise Ho and veteran human rights barrister Margaret Ng -- who were detained earlier th…

2 years ago·United States

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