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Hong Kong Government Appoints Defeated Pro-Beijing Candidates and Figures to Public Offices
On 31 March, the government appointed 8 new members to the Youth Development Commission, a body that advises the government on the implementation of youth-related policies.
The 8 new members include 5 defeated candidates from last year's District Council election, who all belong to the pro-Beijing camp.
The remaining two new members also have a strong pro-Beijing background and relations: Kenneth Fok, son of pro-Establishment entrepreneur Timothy Fok, is a National Committee Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; while Clarence Leung is the son of Andrew Leung, current chairman of the Legislative Council who is also a pro-Beijing politians.
Source: HKSAR Government #Mar31
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Hong Kong Government Appoints Defeated Pro-Beijing Candidates and Figures to Public Offices
On 31 March, the government appointed 8 new members to the Youth Development Commission, a body that advises the government on the implementation of youth-related policies.
The 8 new members include 5 defeated candidates from last year's District Council election, who all belong to the pro-Beijing camp.
The remaining two new members also have a strong pro-Beijing background and relations: Kenneth Fok, son of pro-Establishment entrepreneur Timothy Fok, is a National Committee Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; while Clarence Leung is the son of Andrew Leung, current chairman of the Legislative Council who is also a pro-Beijing politians.
Source: HKSAR Government #Mar31
#HongKong #AppointByGovernment #Appointment #DistrictCouncil
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Appointment of Lord Patrick Hodge to HK’s highest court risks bringing the British judicial system into disrepute
In September 2020, Australian Justice James Spigelman resigned as a non-permanent judge on the Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal. He told an Australian media outlet that his resignation was “related to the content of the national security legislation.”
As Spigelman’s replacement, Chief Executive Carrie Lam appointed Scottish judge Lord Hodge as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal.
The appointment sparked grave concern among UK parliamentarians as 32 of them, including six from the House of Commons and 26 from the House of Lords, wrote in a letter to the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP, calling for a “clear and unambiguous statement to be made as a matter of urgency”.
“Accepting such appointments not only makes British judges complicit in the human rights abuses being perpetrated by the authorities in Hong Kong, but also now risks bringing our own judicial system into disrepute through such association and complicity with the flawed principles and processes of the National Security Law,” they said.
Meanwhile in Hong Kong, legal sector lawmaker, Dennis Kwok, reacted to the U.K. lawmakers' letter by saying that the Hong Kong government’s attacks on the rule of law have shaken the international community’s confidence in the city’s judiciary system.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct9
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201009/CNJHWY5VYREGLA57OL4BVSHWEY/
#RuleOfLaw #Appointment #PatrickHodge #NationalSecurityLaw
Appointment of Lord Patrick Hodge to HK’s highest court risks bringing the British judicial system into disrepute
In September 2020, Australian Justice James Spigelman resigned as a non-permanent judge on the Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal. He told an Australian media outlet that his resignation was “related to the content of the national security legislation.”
As Spigelman’s replacement, Chief Executive Carrie Lam appointed Scottish judge Lord Hodge as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal.
The appointment sparked grave concern among UK parliamentarians as 32 of them, including six from the House of Commons and 26 from the House of Lords, wrote in a letter to the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP, calling for a “clear and unambiguous statement to be made as a matter of urgency”.
“Accepting such appointments not only makes British judges complicit in the human rights abuses being perpetrated by the authorities in Hong Kong, but also now risks bringing our own judicial system into disrepute through such association and complicity with the flawed principles and processes of the National Security Law,” they said.
Meanwhile in Hong Kong, legal sector lawmaker, Dennis Kwok, reacted to the U.K. lawmakers' letter by saying that the Hong Kong government’s attacks on the rule of law have shaken the international community’s confidence in the city’s judiciary system.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct9
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201009/CNJHWY5VYREGLA57OL4BVSHWEY/
#RuleOfLaw #Appointment #PatrickHodge #NationalSecurityLaw