Political situation
Written by: Chen Chuolan
2020-09-19 16:04
Last update date: 2020-09-19 18:12
At the end of last month, 12 Hong Kong residents were intercepted by the Guangdong Coast Guard when they were suspected of absconding and fleeing the country. They are now being detained in Shenzhen Yantian District Detention Center.
In an interview with Wireless News, the Secretary for Security Li Jiachao said that 12 Hong Kong residents are in good physical condition. Two lawyers have been selected according to the list of lawyers provided by the authorities. They have also followed up the lawyers' information to the Mainland for contact with the families of the arrested.
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Regarding some of the families of the arrested persons requesting the authorities to provide evidence to confirm the location and safety of the parties at the time of the incident, Li Jiachao emphasized that the SAR government has no visitation rights and may not be able to deal with it.
As for whether to provide lawyers for family members to contact, Li Jiachao, the Secretary for Security, said that the government has requested to report to local law enforcement agencies, but local law enforcement agencies must act in accordance with their own laws and regulations, emphasizing that the Hong Kong government must respect mainland practices.
Li Jiachao also believes that Hong Kong people are familiar with the common law system, that is, the legal system of Hong Kong, but foreign countries have their own laws and regulations. The Hong Kong government can only fight for the rights and interests of Hong Kong people in their laws and regulations, but cannot demand certainty. It must conform to Hong Kong's usual practice.
As for the news that five Hong Kong people were arrested on suspicion of smuggling to Taiwan in July, Li Jiachao said that he has not received a reply from Taiwan so far and can only follow up as best he can.
12 family members of Hong Kong residents: shocked by Li Jiachao's statement
The family members of the arrested persons posted a statement on the Facebook page "12 Hong Kong People Concern Group", saying that they were shocked by Li Jiachao's statement, emphasizing that they had repeatedly stated their rejection of "officially assigned lawyers" and urged the authorities to immediately ask their families to entrust them. The lawyer interviewed the detainee.
He also criticized Li Jiachao's statement but tried to confuse the audience, forcing his family members to accept the "official lawyers" imposed on the detainees.
The statement also questioned whether the Chief Secretary for Administration Zhang Jianzong and Li Jiachao had personally visited the detention center to meet with Hong Kong people. "Otherwise, why can you say that 12 people are in good health?" They think that if the Hong Kong government even guarantees that 12 Hong Kong people meet with "family lawyers" Basic rights can't be achieved, and 8,000 contact with family members will not help.
The family reiterated the four current demands: including the refusal to "appoint lawyers", urging the authorities to immediately allow the lawyers entrusted by the family to interview the detainees; requesting the Chinese authorities to provide suitable drugs to the detainees in need; requesting the Chinese authorities to allow the detainees Call family members; request the Hong Kong government to ensure that the rights of Hong Kong people are protected, and immediately bring 12 Hong Kong people back to Hong Kong from mainland China.
Tu Jinshen, a member of the Legislative Council who assisted the families of the arrested persons, quoted the arrested persons’ families in a telephone interview today with "Hong Kong 01" saying that the Hong Kong government has never reported to the families of the 12 Hong Kong people that they are safe, describing them as "all the reports are the prophets after they left the streets." , Criticized the government for its strange behavior and chose to disclose it to the media instead of informing family members.
Tu Jinshen also pointed out that he has repeatedly asked the government to arrange direct dialogues between senior officials and their families at press conferences, but there has been no response yet.
Regarding the government's statement that the Immigration Department has contacted family members 80 times, Tu Jinshen criticized the government's "80 times" for failing to disclose important information about the 12 Hong Kong people, such as their physical condition and whether they even hired an "official lawyer", etc., reflecting the number of contacts It has nothing to do with the family’s knowledge of the arrested person.
Tu Jinshen pointed out that the government has always known that the family members of detained persons have entrusted mainland lawyers, and the lawyers have encountered various difficulties and obstacles in seeking to meet the arrested Hong Kong people. However, the government has not reflected the situation and requirements of the family members to the Mainland to protect Hong Kong people in the Mainland. Legal rights due.
It also believes that the SAR government does not seem to be doing its best to ensure that the arrested persons are aware of the fact that their family members have hired lawyers for them so that they can exercise their right to freely choose a lawyer.
Zhu Kaidi: The Hong Kong Government fully accepts China's deprivation of the basic human rights of 12 Hong Kong people to meet with "family lawyers"
In response to Li Jiachao’s "Wireless News" interview, Legislative Council Member Zhu Kaidi stated that, as Li Jiachao alleged, "all people have selected lawyers according to the list of lawyers provided by the authorities, and have followed up the lawyers' information with the Mainland for contact with the families of the arrested", representing the SAR government in full acceptance of the Chinese side. Use "official lawyers" to deprive detainees of the right to meet with "family lawyers."
Zhu Kaidi questioned how Li Jiachao was sure that the 12 Hong Kong people knew about the existence of "family lawyers", or how to affirm that they had chosen "official lawyers" instead of "family lawyers" instead of making decisions under threat.
Zhu Kaidi pointed out that the family's lawyer's right to meet the detained person is originally protected by China's Criminal Procedure Law.
Since family members cannot meet with the detained person before the sentence is sent, the lawyer is the only information communication intermediary, so whether the lawyer can truly represent the interests of the client is of the utmost importance.
Forcing detainees to accept official lawyers representing China’s interests and to deny family lawyers access to clients has always been China’s habit of trying to block information.
Zhu Kaidi reiterated that the family’s request from the beginning to the end is to allow 12 people to meet with the lawyer entrusted by the family, because this is the most basic human rights protection. He criticized the SAR government not only for not helping, but Li Jiachao was even more confused, helping the gang to abuse him, and calling Li Jiachao shameful. Extremely.
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