Electoral Register Review Case | Police Association's Prohibition of Appeals and Appeals to Continue Appeal for Intervention Next Month

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Written by: Li Huina

2020-04-27 14:58

In response to the fact that police officers were "started up", the Police Officers and Staff Association entered the judicial review and challenged the voter register to disclose the names and addresses of voters. The High Court issued a ruling earlier this month ruling that the association lost the case, but the association refused to accept the ruling and appealed. The Hong Kong Journalists Association announced today (27th) that it will also intervene in the appeal hearing and revealed that the court will handle the appeal on May 5.

The applicant in this case is the police officer's level association, and an anonymous "AA" applicant. The respondents were the Electoral Affairs Commission, the Chief Electoral Officer and the Registration and Electoral Office. The Hong Kong Journalists Association was also listed as a stakeholder in the original trial.

Judge Zhou Jiaming of the High Court held in his judgment that although she agrees that the "starting-up" situation is serious, there is no evidence that someone uses the register data to "start-up", and there is no evidence that a police officer chose not to register because the information was disclosed in the register. Voters, the "bottom" situation cannot be resolved by restricting public searches, ruling that the association loses and loses costs.

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