A Hong Kong court has lifted a ban on face masks by refusing the government’s request to suspend an earlier ruling that found it unconstitutional.
Acting chief judge of the High Court Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor and Court of Appeal vice-president Johnson Lam Man-hon on Tuesday revealed they were satisfied the government appeal was “reasonably arguable” but found that the authorities had failed to show there was a need to further suspend the lower court’s declaration of unconstitutionality and refused the application.
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