Hong Kong mask ban proponents, foes both plan to appeal recent ruling at city’s top court

Hong Kong’s justice department and opposition lawmakers have both applied to appeal a ruling on the government mask ban imposed at the height of last year’s civil unrest, the Post has learned.The move to take the issue to the city’s top court came as a former senior judge weighed into the debate, saying the Court of Appeal’s ruling last month was impractical and would confuse frontline officers tasked with enforcing the ban.At the centre of the legal wrangle is the government’s use of the…

from South China Morning Post https://bit.ly/2YwiL4d