Political situation
Written by: Zhou Lixi
2020-07-05 14:00
Last update date: 2020-07-05 14:01The Hong Kong version of the National Security Law came into effect on June 30. People with serious crimes can be sentenced to life imprisonment, but the National People’s Congress Standing Committee Tan Yaozong said when the National People’s Congress Standing Committee first reviewed the draft National Security Law, the penalty was 3 to 10 years’ imprisonment, but the NPC Standing Committee After the National Security Law was passed by the vote, Tan Yaozong changed his vocabulary by saying that he had "spotted eyes" and missed the term "life imprisonment."
However, Tan Yaozong’s party friend and chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of the People’s Democratic Alliance, Zeng Yucheng, pointed out in an online forum that the National Security Law’s sentence was indeed as low as 3 to 10 years as the National People’s Congress Standing Committee Tan Yaozong pointed out, but the draft passed the National People’s Congress. After the Standing Committee's first deliberation, it was deemed "not hot enough" and the sentence was adjusted to include life imprisonment.
Zeng Yucheng said that the sentence of the relevant national security law includes life imprisonment, which was a change made during the deliberation of the bill. (Information picture/Photo by Lu Yiming)
When Zeng Yucheng attended the current affairs forum of the General Political Academy, he was asked by Tian Beijun, the honorary chairman of the Liberal Party, whether Tan Yaozong was really "wrong" in the sentencing of the National Security Law. He immediately responded that it was not that Tan Yaozong was wrong. It is the starting point of sentencing, "True system reform!" He believes that after the bill was first reviewed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the relevant suggestions were absorbed, and it was considered "not hot enough" before the sentence was changed to include life imprisonment.
Former legislator Huang Yumin, who hosted the program, believed that the changes were adjusted at the final stage of the bill's review, that is, made at the June 28-30 meeting, and that the relevant draft text had already been written. Tian Beijun responded that in the past, when the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress reviewed the bill, he rarely made any real changes to the draft. He felt that the incident was true, and he felt strange.
Tan Yaozong. (Profile picture)
Tan Yaozong explained on the radio program on July 2 that he changed his sentence regarding the sentence, saying that he was initially a "eye leaker", so he said that the penalty of Hong Kong's National Security Law was imprisonment for 3 to 10 years, and the draft text has been stated The maximum penalty is life imprisonment. He pointed out at the time that he believed that the arrangement was consistent with many foreign national security laws and hoped to be deterrent.
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