Sentence Made in 2018 v.s. 2020 By Hong Kong Judge Kwok Wai-kin, Who Offers Sympathy to Man Stabbing Three People At Lennon Wall
【2018】
Judge Kwok Wai-kin sentenced 17-year old Mok Ka-to to 51 months in jail for participating in the “Fishball Revolution”. Kwok also jailed another defendant for 45 months for throwing only a brick.
【2020】
Judge Kwok Wai-kin sentences a 51-year old man to 45 months, rather than 6 years, for stabbing three civiliians at s Lennon Wall.
In addition to showing sympathy the defendent, Kwok praised the man of having “noble sentiment” amid the social unrest and hence shortened the sentence to 45 months.
Image: Kong Chi Lo Cuson 怪叔叔 (Instagram account: @cusonlo)
#25Apr #KwokWaiKin #HKLegalSystem #RuleOfLaw
【2018】
Judge Kwok Wai-kin sentenced 17-year old Mok Ka-to to 51 months in jail for participating in the “Fishball Revolution”. Kwok also jailed another defendant for 45 months for throwing only a brick.
【2020】
Judge Kwok Wai-kin sentences a 51-year old man to 45 months, rather than 6 years, for stabbing three civiliians at s Lennon Wall.
In addition to showing sympathy the defendent, Kwok praised the man of having “noble sentiment” amid the social unrest and hence shortened the sentence to 45 months.
Image: Kong Chi Lo Cuson 怪叔叔 (Instagram account: @cusonlo)
#25Apr #KwokWaiKin #HKLegalSystem #RuleOfLaw
Pro-Beijing reforms threaten “end” of HK’s legal system, top lawyer warns.
Paul Harris, the New Bar Association head, has warned that calls from pro-Beijing figures in Hong Kong to radically reform the territory’s judiciary could spell “the end of the present legal system”. Proposed council would amount to “a powerful body which would tell judges what to do” and would be “a major backward step”.
Harris suffered a barrage of criticism from China’s state media and central government last month after he suggested to change some provisions of the security law.
Source: FT #Feb21
https://www.ft.com/content/da312e66-bea5-464f-bc5a-490729f3fbca
#HongKong #NationalSecuritylaw #HKLegalSystem
Paul Harris, the New Bar Association head, has warned that calls from pro-Beijing figures in Hong Kong to radically reform the territory’s judiciary could spell “the end of the present legal system”. Proposed council would amount to “a powerful body which would tell judges what to do” and would be “a major backward step”.
Harris suffered a barrage of criticism from China’s state media and central government last month after he suggested to change some provisions of the security law.
Source: FT #Feb21
https://www.ft.com/content/da312e66-bea5-464f-bc5a-490729f3fbca
#HongKong #NationalSecuritylaw #HKLegalSystem
#Oppression #FailedState
Hong Kong law firm Vidler & Co, which handled protest-related cases announced closure after 19 years
Sources: Ming Pao, Chaser News
#HumanRights #HKLegalSystem #NationalSecurityLaw
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Hong Kong law firm Vidler & Co, which handled protest-related cases announced closure after 19 years
Sources: Ming Pao, Chaser News
#HumanRights #HKLegalSystem #NationalSecurityLaw
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