Defense attorneys of a Hong Kong man who rammed a motorcycle into police last year during a protest against a draconian national security law are contesting a government attempt to try him without a jury.

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23歲青年唐英傑成為首名國安法案件被告。律政司早前直接發出證書指示本案毋須陪審團審理，由三名指定法官組成「審判庭」。唐英傑透過律師團隊提出司法覆核挑戰，指陪審團制度保障刑事法合乎公平公正，被告免於暴政侵害；惟律政司的決定剝奪《基本法》及普通法所保障的權利。
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[YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2021]

Well Done Nozomi. She will be contesting in the final in All England tonight. She will face Pornpawee CHOCHUWONG of Thailand after beating Ratchanok INTANON of Thailand in 3 games.

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The head of China’s top political advisory body on Thursday vowed to strengthen patriotic education in Hong Kong amid concerns that Beijing would introduce reforms preventing opposition figures from contesting elections.

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外界關注北京提出的「愛國者治港」議題。汪洋在常委會報告中表示，政協委員今年要堅定支持全面落實「愛國者治港」原則，就加強港澳青少年愛國主義教育、促進兩岸經濟文化交流合作等開展調研協商。
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With the Philadelphia 76ers trailing by 19 points late in the third quarter, Allen Iverson made a promise to his teammates during a timeout.

"I promised them that if we got it under 10, we'd win the game," he said.

Iverson kept his word when Andre Iguodala's follow of Chris Webber's missed layup narrowly beat the buzzer, lifting the 76ers over the Minnesota Timberwolves 86-84 on Sunday.

"It was one I'll never forget," Iverson said.

The Timberwolves won't forget Iverson anytime soon. He scored 39 points for the 76ers, who overcame a poor shooting performance to win their second straight and sweep the season series against the Wolves.

Iguodala had 14 points and Webber finished with 11. Webber was only 4-for-16 from the floor, but he helped hold Kevin Garnett to 13 points -- nine below his average.

Two days after an emotional overtime win over Memphis, the Sixers played another solid defensive game, contesting shots, hustling for loose balls and getting their fingers on several passes.

They needed all of that, since they went 32-for-80 from the floor and had 12 fewer assists than Minnesota.

"Our defense was consistent ... definitely our scoring wasn't," Webber said.

Minnesota had a chance to break an 84-all tie with 9 seconds to play. But instead of Garnett taking the crucial shot, Marko Jaric launched a jumper off a screen that clanked off the rim and ended up in Webber's hand, setting up the final possession.

Garnett wasn't available to reporters after the game.

"Doesn't matter who gets the shot in the fourth," Wally Szczerbiak said.

After taking a pass from Iverson on the perimeter, Webber drove and missed his layup, but Iguodala gathered the rebound near the foul line and threw up an arching shot that found the net as the Philadelphia bench celebrated.

"Just how we drew it up," 76ers coach Maurice Cheeks said, laughing.

Officials reviewed a replay of the shot and confirmed it had beaten the buzzer, although Iguodala said there was never a doubt in his mind.

"After I let it go, I knew it was good," he said. "We were down by so much, it was like a sigh of relief to get a win."

Szczerbiak led Minnesota with 18 points, Jaric had 15, Trenton Hassell 14 and Eddie Griffin 13.

"It really is frustrating," Wolves coach Dwane Casey said. "For some reason, we stopped being aggressive and going to the basket in the second half. We did become tentative, and we've got to get out of that."

Minnesota's defensive strategy heading into the game was to shadow Iverson and keep him off the free throw line. The Wolves did neither, as the former league MVP nearly single-handedly rallied the Sixers from a 19-point deficit late in the third quarter.

With 1:52 remaining in the third, Griffin hit a 3-pointer to put Minnesota up 65-46. But Iverson fueled a 22-6 run with 13 points.

Casey stuck Hassell, his defensive ace, on Iverson. But the speedier Iverson made him look futile, pump faking Hassell into the air several times, drawing fouls and making jumpers.

Iverson hit a 3 with 9:24 remaining, and Lee Nailon followed with a layup and an 11-footer to pull the Sixers to 71-70 with 8:20 to play.

Hassell responded with two baskets of his own, and Jaric hit a driving layup to give Minnesota a 77-70 cushion at the 6:10 mark. But the Wolves managed only seven more points.

"You could hear Allen on the bench keep saying, 'We're still there, We're still there," Cheeks said. "I think he gave a lot of guys a lot of hope."

Game notes

Garnett finished with 14 rebounds. ... The Wolves were without C Michael Olowokandi (abscessed tooth) and G Troy Hudson (illness). ... Philadelphia snapped a four-game losing streak at Minnesota. ... Nine of the teams' past 13 meetings have been decided by five points or fewer.

Between the eyes: Umno's bullseye on PAS in Bagan Pinang

Produced by Shufiyan Shukur, Maran Perianen and Indrani Kopal



In seven previous by-elections, the Pakatan Rakyat coalition came out triumphant either fluttering the PAS or PKR banners. In Penanti, Barisan Nasional did not bother contesting and the PKR candidate, Mansor Othman overwhelmed the independents.

The most significant victory however was when Pakatan, under the PAS flag wrestled Kuala Terengganu from Barisan in January this year.

In Bagan Pinang however, Pakatan's winning streak came to an end.

On the October 11 Umno's Isa Samad trounced PAS' state commissioner, Zulkefly Mohd Omar by 5,435 votes.

PAS had acknowledged however, going into the by-election that a win would be an uphill task in the face of a formidable foe in the diminutive but popular form of Isa Samad who had been the state's menteri besar for 20 years.

But perhaps what shocked both the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat is, one, the extent of the trouncing and two, the shift of non-Malay votes to Barisan Nasional.