Hong Kong plans megacourt to deal with protest arrests backlog

City's leader announces initiative as thousands still await trial, and also reveals project for new metropolis

Hong Kong will build a new megacourt to address a shortage of space as it works through a backlog of the thousands arrested during the 2019 mass protests, and the more than 150 arrested under the national security law.

The city's leader, Carrie Lam, announced the initiative on Wednesday in a policy address, which also included plans for a new metropolis on the border with mainland China and further tightening of national security laws.