HK political, legal experts back Apple Daily arrests
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Electoral amendments to 'optimize democracy'
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2021-03-10 10:35:20 GMT2021-03-10 18:35:20(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, March 10 (Xinhua) The National People s Congress (NPC) improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has a solid legal basis and will do good to Hong Kong s long-term prosperity and stability, Hong Kong legal professionals have said.
A draft decision on improving the electoral system of the HKSAR was submitted last Friday to the fourth session of the 13th NPC for deliberation.
Louis Chen, the secretary general of the Hong Kong Legal Exchange Foundation, said that as an important part of Hong Kong s political system, the initiative of the central authorities in improving the electoral system is justified. Since Hong Kong s return to the motherland, the evolution of Hong Kong s electoral system has been led and decided by the central authorities.
Roundup: Various sectors in Hong Kong support arrest of 53 people suspected of violating national security law 2021-01-07 15:35:35 GMT2021-01-07 23:35:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) Hong Kong Police s arrest of 53 people suspected of breaching the national security law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is a legal, reasonable and necessary action to protect national security and maintain Hong Kong s prosperity and stability, Hong Kong people from various sectors have said.
In March to April last year, Benny Tai and others, now under arrest, set up a plan to paralyze the HKSAR government and force the HKSAR Chief Executive to resign once they seize the control of the legislature by winning more than half of the Legislative Council (LegCo) seats during the election for the seventh-term LegCo members, originally scheduled to take place in September last year.