China’s top lawmaking body has given Hong Kong leader John Lee the power to bar foreign lawyers from national security cases, removing the decision from the city’s courts, in a move likely to further fuel concerns over judicial independence. | Reuters
Critics say Beijing’s intervention in this landmark legal case undermines Hong Kong’s judicial independence, after a panel of three senior judges on the city’s Court of Final Appeal in November rejected a government bid to block Owen from representing Lai.
If the courts do not do so, the city’s national security committee, which is led by the chief executive and Beijing’s liaison office chief, will make a decision on the matter. Lee said in a news conference late on Friday the decision only involves “a very small area” as they are only looking at whether overseas lawyers should be allowed to take part in national security cases.
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