R to @XinqiSu: ..."but in my understanding, social movements are unnecessarily political bombs. They could be expressions of public sentiments. One social movement is not sufficient to destroy a government's authority or overturn #OneCountryTwoSystems." https://nitter.hongkongers.net/XinqiSu/status/1613509684123815938#m

R to @XinqiSu: The prosecution asked the court to take "judicial notice" that even with #NSL, HK still had many "undercurrents and political bombs...that could destroy the government's authority and #OneCountryTwoSystems". Chung said, social movements had died down a lot after #NSL... https://nitter.hongkongers.net/XinqiSu/status/1613509194254274561#m

R to @XinqiSu: ...incited violence and advocated for HK independence, foreign forces interfered with HK affairs, and the bottom line of #OneCountryTwoSystems was seriously challenged. Asked how he understood the protests 2019, Chung said, https://nitter.hongkongers.net/XinqiSu/status/1613384550305988608#m

"#China’s top legislative body has left it to #HongKong’s leader and a relevant committee to decide whether a defendant in a national security trial should be allowed to use a foreign lawyer in a significant interpretation of the city’s Beijing-imposed law."

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3205116/hong-kong-national-security-law-chinas-top-legislative-body-defines-legislation-response-jimmy-lais

#JimmyLai #OneCountryTwoSystems #OneCountryOneSystem

"#HongKong’s human rights lawyers are fleeing abroad amid an effort to cleanse the city of dissent. The pressure is part of a wider crackdown by the ruling #CommunistParty on lawyers across China, say activists, legal scholars and diplomats."

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-lawyers-crackdown-exodus

#China #CCP #CPC #Freedom #Democracy #OneCountryTwoSystems #OneCountryOneSystem #RuleOfLaw #RuleByLaw

#Beijing will be invited to intervene to prevent #JimmyLai engaging UK #Barrister in his upcoming #NationalSecurityLaw trial after #HongKong’s top court upheld an earlier decision to allow Lai to engage the services of Tim Owen, KC.

So much for #OneCountryTwoSystems, #JudicialIndependence, and the #RuleOfLaw existing in Hong Kong.

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/28/breaking-hong-kong-asks-beijing-to-intervene-after-top-court-blocks-bid-to-stop-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-from-hiring-uk-lawyer/