The Hong Kong Department of Justice sent a letter to all the foreign barristers and asked them to sign the promise to maintain the Hong Kong National Security Law and not engage in acts that endanger national security.
Comprehensive Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily Ming Daily and other reports, the Criminal Prosecution Section of the Hong Kong Department of Justice on Monday (November 21) sent a letter to all the foreign barristers (BRIEFED-OUT COUNSEL)When performing the external prosecution work, they must "express loyalty" to ensure that they will not have conflicts of interest in the handling of external prosecution, or avoid any visible conflicts of interest.The barriers to the lawyers in the external list of criminal prosecution must be signed. When dealing with the external hired case of the Law Department, the contents of the relevant cases are not allowed to be leaked to anyone when they have not been approved by the Division of the Department of Justice.Essence
It is reported that in order to improve the high -quality professional performance of the external barrister, the criminal prosecution section of the Department of Justice issued a letter to the major barristers in the external list, explaining that the external lawyers needed to be requiredFollowing the professional and integrity codes, and the signature, the signing documents will be sent back to the Criminal Prosecution Section of the Department of Justice on December 5th or before.
It is understood that the Hong Kong Department of Justice is the first time that the foreign barrister "watch loyalty" and quotes the content of Article 6 of the Hong Kong National Security Law in the letter, that is, "Any institution in the Special Administrative Region in Hong Kong,Organizations and individuals should comply with other laws that maintain this law and maintain national security, and shall not engage in behaviors and activities that endanger national security. "The letter also reminds that foreign lawyers should not be directly or indirectly engaged in any way to directly or indirectly engage in any nature.What reason is to be a behavior or activity that violates national security interests.
The letter issued this time shall be required to comply with the "confidentiality agreement" when signing a commitment to handle external cases, including leaking all the documents involved in the case to anyone or organization.
In addition, Li Zhiying, the founder of Hong Kong One Media Group, was charged with the Hong Kong National Security Law to collude with foreign forces.The Department of Justice did not accept the appeal and was defeated by the appeal court on November 19th.The Court of Court of appeal issued a resignation on the 21st and refused to approve an appeal to the Department of Justice to the Final Court.
