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Well well. Government spokespersons of various kinds have been commenting defensively on the slow-motion prosecutions which have left two thirds of the people arrested during the 2019 disorders still awaiting trial. I would not dare to attribute this to my nagging on the subject, but it seems there is some unease behind the scenes. As there should be. According to the the latest figures, of the 10,279 people arrested, 2,974 had been or were being processed in September, leaving about 7,000 still awaiting a decision. First up was Secretary for Justice Paul Lam, who told Sing Tao that there was …