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Hollywood movie The Departed in real-life: youth nurtured into "gangster judges" serving as executioners in Hong Kong Judiciary
(13 Jun)As we all know, Hong Kong court magistrates have recently been making controversial decisions on cases arising from last year's Anti-ELAB (Extradition law amendment bill) movement. Examples include Judge Kwok Wai-kin praising the "noble qualities" of a stabbing case convict, Judge Heung [Lau] suk-han joining the interrogation of witnesses and Judge Chan wai-mun, who determined that a middle-aged man's "action may have led to the destruction of social order" when the police fired a teargas canister directly at him as he was getting off a minibus. He was sentenced to 200 hours of community service. Yesterday sparked even more outrage when Judge Debbie Ng Chung-yee not only ignored the inconsistencies in a police officer's testimonies but made unfounded claims that the defendant, despite being injured during the arrest, is not well-suited to be a teacher because the judge claimed he had a personality disorder [without a doctor’s diagnosis]. He is remanded to Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre to await his sentence...
This series of infuriating violations of common legal principles fully imbue one with the sense that district court magistrates and the police are buddies: no matter how ridiculous the charge, even with confessions extracted through torture, the judges will complement the police without any reservation. The conviction will stand and the sentence will be harsh.
Many years ago, when the typical citizen's impression of the court was based on a Hong Kong film, The Unwritten Law, the older generation would tell the young people, "Don't become a lawyer, bend the truth and send innocent people to jail. It has no merit." Looking back at the movie now, the many plot holes are obvious but people have always believed that sending someone [innocent] to jail is an extremely immoral act. People with morals have self-limitations that maintain their integrity and increase their merit. A tyrannical autocracy holds a different mentality when it comes to recruiting thugs to become their lackeys: a big fat government paycheck can hire a bunch of underqualified people to handle things. Precisely because they lack competitiveness and skill, such people cannot survive without depending on [political] power. They don't need any special orders to wantonly commit any morally atrocious act as a demonstration of their loyalty.
Full translation: https://telegra.ph/Hollywood-movie-The-Departed-in-real-life-youth-nurtured-into-gangster-judges-serving-as-executioners-in-Hong-Kong-Judiciary-06-23
Source: Edkin
https://bit.ly/2BAehQE
#ChinaInfiltration #Judges #RuleOfLaw #HongKongJudiciary #AntiELAB
Hollywood movie The Departed in real-life: youth nurtured into "gangster judges" serving as executioners in Hong Kong Judiciary
(13 Jun)As we all know, Hong Kong court magistrates have recently been making controversial decisions on cases arising from last year's Anti-ELAB (Extradition law amendment bill) movement. Examples include Judge Kwok Wai-kin praising the "noble qualities" of a stabbing case convict, Judge Heung [Lau] suk-han joining the interrogation of witnesses and Judge Chan wai-mun, who determined that a middle-aged man's "action may have led to the destruction of social order" when the police fired a teargas canister directly at him as he was getting off a minibus. He was sentenced to 200 hours of community service. Yesterday sparked even more outrage when Judge Debbie Ng Chung-yee not only ignored the inconsistencies in a police officer's testimonies but made unfounded claims that the defendant, despite being injured during the arrest, is not well-suited to be a teacher because the judge claimed he had a personality disorder [without a doctor’s diagnosis]. He is remanded to Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre to await his sentence...
This series of infuriating violations of common legal principles fully imbue one with the sense that district court magistrates and the police are buddies: no matter how ridiculous the charge, even with confessions extracted through torture, the judges will complement the police without any reservation. The conviction will stand and the sentence will be harsh.
Many years ago, when the typical citizen's impression of the court was based on a Hong Kong film, The Unwritten Law, the older generation would tell the young people, "Don't become a lawyer, bend the truth and send innocent people to jail. It has no merit." Looking back at the movie now, the many plot holes are obvious but people have always believed that sending someone [innocent] to jail is an extremely immoral act. People with morals have self-limitations that maintain their integrity and increase their merit. A tyrannical autocracy holds a different mentality when it comes to recruiting thugs to become their lackeys: a big fat government paycheck can hire a bunch of underqualified people to handle things. Precisely because they lack competitiveness and skill, such people cannot survive without depending on [political] power. They don't need any special orders to wantonly commit any morally atrocious act as a demonstration of their loyalty.
Full translation: https://telegra.ph/Hollywood-movie-The-Departed-in-real-life-youth-nurtured-into-gangster-judges-serving-as-executioners-in-Hong-Kong-Judiciary-06-23
Source: Edkin
https://bit.ly/2BAehQE
#ChinaInfiltration #Judges #RuleOfLaw #HongKongJudiciary #AntiELAB
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Hollywood movie The Departed in real-life: youth nurtured into "gangster judges" serving as executioners in Hong Kong Judiciary
(13 Jun)As we all know, Hong Kong court magistrates have recently been making controversy decisions on cases arising from last year's Anti-ELAB (Extradition law amendment bill) movement. Examples include Judge Kwok Wai-kin praising the "noble qualities" of…