A Hong Kong court has dismissed the appeal brought by Cardinal Joseph Zen and fellow trustees of a humanitarian fund, upholding the original 2022 conviction and financial penalty against them.
On September 3, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal upheld the November 2022 verdict of the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court against Cardinal Zen and four fellow trustees of the now defunct 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund. The five appellants had been deemed guilty by the West Kowloon court of not having properly registered the 612 Fund in accordance with the Societies Ordinance and each fined HK $4,000 in November 2022.
