Huizhong Wu
In this photo provided to the Associated Press, Chinese lawyer Ren Quanniu, left, stands with his attorney Bao Longjun outside the Henan provincial Justice Department s office in Zhengzhou in central China s Henan Province, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. A second Chinese lawyer who represented a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was stripped of his license amid Beijing s campaign to crush any form of opposition to its tighter control over the territory. (AP Photo) February 02, 2021 - 7:09 PM
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A second Chinese lawyer who represented a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was stripped of his license on Tuesday as Beijing attempts to crush opposition to its tighter control over the territory.
China strips license from second lawyer for Hong Kong activists
Thousands of Hong Kong residents have fled the territory since Beijing s imposition of a tough new security law that some say is destroying the territory s Western-style civil liberties.
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TAIPEI: A second Chinese lawyer who represented a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was stripped of his license on Tuesday as Beijing attempts to crush opposition to its tighter control over the territory.
Ren Quanniu, who represented one of 12 Hong Kong activists who tried to flee to Taiwan, said he had his license revoked by the Henan Provincial Justice Department.
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Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan have struck off a human rights lawyer after he tried to represent one of the 12 Hong Kong protesters detained by the China Coast Guard as they tried to flee to the democratic island of Taiwan.
Ren Quanniu received a notice from the Henan provincial bureau of judicial affairs on Tuesday informing him that his license to practice had been revoked on the grounds that he used a cult to undermine the law in November 2018.
The letter said Ren had seriously damaged the image of the legal profession after he defended a member of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, which has been designated an evil cult by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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