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Written by: Cheng Yihua
2019-12-21 22:24
Last updated: 2019-12-21 22:25On December 21, Reuters quoted news from two anonymous Chinese officials that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (hereinafter referred to as the "Central Discipline Inspection Commission") was behind the scenes of the amendments to Hong Kong's "Fugitive Offenders Ordinance", not as the chief executive. According to Lin Zhengyue, the amendment is entirely led by the Hong Kong Government. It is reported that the Beijing government had wanted Hong Kong to amend the Fugitive Offenders Regulations about 20 years ago, and that the trigger point for the Chinese side to urge the amendment of the legislation was the case of Xiao Jianhua, a wealthy Chinese businessman.
According to Reuters, the amendment to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance is not entirely led by the Hong Kong Government. The picture shows Chief Executive Lin Zhengyue (Associated Press)
The source was quoted as saying that the turning point of the event was in 2017. Chinese President Xi Jinping's large-scale anti-corruption campaign was led by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. One of the goals at that time was Xiao Jianhua. On the morning of January 27, 2017, Xiao Jianhua was blindfolded at the Four Seasons Hotel and then taken away with a wheelchair. Many people questioned that it was the Chinese agent.
People familiar with the matter said that the Chinese side was frustrated with the lack of legal means in handling Xiao Jianhua's incident. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection hopes that there will be a way that is less politically destructive than abducting fugitives in Hong Kong and bringing them back to mainland China. In the same year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection urged mainland officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs to show that there is an urgent need to deal with extradition arrangements.
The report mentioned that the two parties did not reach an agreement at that time, but the subsequent incident of Chen Tongjia brought new developments. A senior Chinese official in charge of Hong Kong affairs urged a senior adviser to Mrs Lam at a private meeting at that time to request the amendment of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance. At the beginning of the revision, which became a political turmoil, Lin Zhengyue privately proposed to withdraw the revision, but the Chinese side refused and did not give in until a few months later.
Xiao Jianhua, 47, is a rich businessman in the Mainland and the helmsman of the "Tomorrow Department", but has disappeared in Hong Kong since January 2017. It is suspected that mainland law enforcement agencies came to Hong Kong to take him away.
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