Why is Chinese leader Xi Jinping so afraid of Hong Kong and Jimmy Lai?
With the arrest of Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy leaders for Hong Kong, further shows Beijing s oppression and it s crushing the rule of law.
James B. Cunningham
Opinion Contributor
On April 16, 2021 a Hong Kong judge placed more nails in the coffin of freedom in Hong Kong. Nine pro-democracy leaders, including Martin Lee, Jimmy Lai, Albert Ho and Margaret Ng, were sentenced to prison for peacefully demonstrating in August 2019.
They had been participating in protests that had ballooned to unprecedented proportions over the Hong Kong government’s attempt to impose an “extradition law,” which would have enabled the transfer of Hong Kong citizens and foreign nationals to courts in mainland China.
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Only candidates whose background has been cleared by the police s national security department and the Committee for Safeguarding National Security can take part in any election. - Reuters
HONG KONG (The Straits Times/ANN): Changes to the laws on the electoral system in the territory are expected to kick in before the end of May, setting the stage for three key polls which critics expect will mean a reduced opposition presence.
Draft bills on the amendments were tabled in the Legislative Council (Legco) on Wednesday (April 14), where they were read for the first and second time.
Pro-establishment caucus leader Martin Liao told the media after the readings that he hoped the Bills Committee could wrap up the review of the draft laws by mid-May.