Good morning.

It’s upsetting to see that beautiful spots in the city have been tarnished over the Easter holiday by litterbugs tossing their rubbish left and right. Please do your best to leave public spaces as clean (or cleaner) than it was when you arrived! Those sharing the spaces with you – animals and humans alike – will thank you.

— Jasmine Lee

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• Andy Li made his first court appearance on Wednesday after his return from Shenzhen and was remanded in custody afterwards. Li was one of the Hong Kong 12 imprisoned in China after they were caught attempting to escape by boat to Taiwan.

Galileo Cheng @galileocheng

#BREAKING Andy Li’s prisoner van arrived with heavy police guard from Siu Lam - over 20 police bike, One Armoured prisoners van, few police van with officers in bulletproof vest, Remington and MP5. He was charged with conspiracy to secession and others. @beatriceyyli

5:29 AM ∙ Apr 7, 2021

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• Jimmy Lai has plead guilty to participating in an unauthorised march that went violent on 31 August, 2019. Two others, ex-lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan and former Democratic Party chairman Yeung Sum also plead guilty to the same charge. They will receive their sentences on 16 April.

• Nathan Law has been granted political asylum in the UK. You can read his commentary in the full Twitter thread below:

  

  Nathan Law 羅冠聰 @nathanlawkc

  1. After several interviews in 4 months, the Home Office has informed me that my asylum application is approved. The fact that I am wanted under the National Security Law shows that I am exposed to severe political persecution and am unlikely to return to Hong Kong without risk.

  2:11 PM ∙ Apr 7, 2021

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• A dance party organiser has been sentenced to a two-month prison sentence for violation COVID-19 restrictions; the license holder was fined HK$48,000. The party was linked to a large outbreaks in the city last November.

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