Political situation
Written by: Zhou Lixi
2020-09-20 15:52
Last update date: 2020-09-20 15:53
Twelve Hong Kong residents were arrested by the Chinese maritime police when they were smuggling to Taiwan. They are currently being detained at the Yantian District Detention Center in Shenzhen. The mainland lawyers appointed by their families were refused by the authorities on the grounds that the clients had hired lawyers to meet with the arrested persons.
The Secretary for Security Li Jiachao said yesterday (20th) that the arrested persons had selected two lawyers to represent them according to the list of lawyers provided by the mainland authorities.
Zhu Kaidi, a legislative council member who assists his family, questioned that the mainland should assign two lawyers to each person instead of one. The reason is that according to Article 33 of the Mainland’s Criminal Procedure Law, detainees can find one or two lawyers as their defenders. Therefore, the authorities By arranging two lawyers for each of the 12 Hong Kong residents, it is possible to "break up a quota," making it impossible for the family members to assign lawyers to intervene.
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Zhu Kaidi wrote on Facebook today that because the detained Hong Kong people are currently isolated from outside information, Li Jiachao’s "big talk" will not be understood for the time being, and speculated that this will mean that the 12 Hong Kong people involved will most likely not be there. He was released back to Hong Kong in the short term, so rescue work still needs to be done.
The Criminal Procedure Law allows suspects to appoint one or two defenders
Article 33 of the 2019 Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China states that “in addition to exercising the right of defense by themselves, criminal suspects and defendants may also appoint one or two persons as defenders.” Those who can be classified as defenders include lawyers. , People's organizations or persons recommended by the unit where the criminal suspect or defendant belongs, as well as guardians, relatives and friends of the criminal suspect or defendant.
Li Jiachao said in an exclusive interview with Wireless News yesterday that all 12 Hong Kong residents have selected lawyers to represent them according to the list of lawyers provided by the mainland authorities, and have followed up the lawyers' information with the mainland for contact with the families of the arrested.
Li Jiachao said that the 12 people are in good physical condition and have selected two lawyers to represent them according to the list of lawyers provided by the mainland authorities.
As for the family members of arrested Hong Kong residents 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 Hong Kong government did not have the right to visit and could not send personnel to handle it in person.
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