(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao will recommend the interpretation of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Congress to clarify whether lawyers who have not qualified for local practice can participate in the Hong Kong National Security Law related cases.
Li Jiachao revealed the above decision to the media on Monday (November 28) in the afternoon.
A few hours before the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, Li Zhiying, the founder of the Hong Kong Faculty of Law, was approved to hire the case of the British Royal Lawyer to participate in the case.
According to commercial radio reports, Li Jiachao said that under the existing system, the Hong Kong government is unable to exclude overseas lawyers and cause conflicts of interest due to their own national interests.Control can not ensure that they can keep national secrets, so they will recommend the National People's Congress.
Li Zhiying's suspected violation of the Hong Kong National Security Law was scheduled to officially start trial on Thursday (December 1).Li Jiachao said that he would ask Lin Dingguo, the director of the Secretary for Law of the Hong Kong Government to apply for a postponed trial of Li Zhiying.
Li Jiachao said: "The interpretation will solve a specific problem for a specific group. Considering the far -reaching impact, we need to clarify it."
According to Ming Pao News Network, Li Jiachao believes that the maintenance of the National Security Council has held a meeting and decided that if the Court of Final Appeal rejected the above, the National People's Congress should be proposed.Reports have been submitted since the implementation of the National Security Law.
Li Jiachao said that he will make relevant applications when submitting the report and ask the National People's Congress to consider his requirements as soon as possible.
Li Zhiying was charged with skewers under the Hong Kong National Security Law to collude with foreign forces.The Hong Kong High Court and the Appeals Division had previously approved him to hire British Royal Lawyer Tim Owen to defend him.The Hong Kong Department of Justice did not accept the verdict and applied to the Court of Final Appeal to appeal.
