An American corporate lawyer who was deported from Hong Kong after serving prison time for assaulting a plainclothes police officer during the 2019 protests said he has applied to the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal to continue challenging his conviction. Samuel Phillip Bickett, 38, a former compliance director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, was charged with “assaulting a police officer” during the Anti-Extradition Law Movement in 2019 and was sentenced to four and a half months in prison. Although Bickett completed his prison sentence, he maintains his innocence and said the prosecution was politically motivated. Even after being deported to the United States in late March, he says he intends to challenge his conviction up to the Court of Final Appeal. ...
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American Lawyer Appeals to Hong Kong’s Top Court After Serving Jail Time and Deportation
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American Lawyer Appeals to Hong Kong’s Top Court After Serving Jail Time and Deportation
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