Hong Kong concerned over China's interference in independence of its judiciary

By Greg Torode and James Pomfret, 15 April 2020
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (photo credit: Asia Society/flickr)
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (photo credit: Asia Society/flickr)
The independence of Hong Kong’s judicial system is under assault from the Communist Party leadership in Beijing, senior judges in the city told Reuters, posing the gravest threat to the rule of law since Britain handed its former colony back to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. [ . . . ] Some in the city’s legal establishment are now bracing for the possibility that China will begin to meddle in the appointment of new judges, following objections by some pro-Beijing lawmakers in Hong Kong to two recent appointments on the top court.
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