Senior UK ministers have warned that British judges sitting in Hong Kong should not lend “a veneer of respectability” to the region’s legal system if it is compromised by Beijing’s new security law.
Dominic Raab, foreign secretary, and Robert Buckland, justice secretary, have raised concerns about the risk of British judges facing “inappropriate pressure” while sitting on Hong Kong’s court of final appeal.
The ministers raised their issues in a letter to Robert Reed, president of the UK Supreme Court, following the imposition of a security crackdown on Hong Kong by Beijing.
您已阅读14%(578字),剩余86%(3688字)包含更多重要信息,订阅以继续探索完整内容,并享受更多专属服务。