Prosecutors reportedly request 15 who were granted bail are detained until appeal hearing

A court in Hong Kong has denied bail to 32 of 47 democracy activists and electoral candidates charged under the city’s draconian national security law after a four-day hearing derided as chaotic and farcical.

The chief magistrate Victor So processed all 47 cases in a single bail hearing that began on Monday with a session that ran until 3am, and continued through the week.

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