Political situation
Written by: Zhou Lixi
2020-05-11 18:43
Last update date: 2020-05-11 18:43The Hong Kong Law Society held its annual service meeting on the 28th of this month. Ten people competed for 5 director seats. President Peng Yunxi recently recommended 5 candidates to some lawyers in his own name. The 5 people were accused of being biased towards the formation camp. Peng Yunxi responded to media inquiries earlier and explained that the relevant information was sent as an individual. In the past, he also recommended candidates to friends he knew.
Democratic candidates with elected members criticized the behavior and questioned Peng Yunxi ’s epidemic situation. He strongly urged lawyers not to attend the annual general meeting in person. They emphasized that the president of the Law Society should uphold the principles of fairness and impartiality and act cautiously so that people can see that they act fairly and fairly.
"Human Rights Lawyer" Lin Yangjun wrote an article on his Facebook page for elections, referring to reports and industry news that Peng Yunxi claimed to recommend some candidates to participate in the re-election to some lawyers by electronic messages and emails. People and collect proxy tickets for them.
The list of "Human Rights Lawyer" Lin Yangjun wrote on the Facebook page for the election today (11th), referring to reports and industry news that Peng Yunxi claimed by electronic messages and emails that he recommended to some lawyers to participate in the re-election Some candidates and collect proxy tickets for them.
Lin Yangmeng further questioned that Peng Yunxi, in the name of the president today, sent a letter urging colleagues to try not to attend the annual general meeting held at the end of the month as much as possible, believing that this shows that Peng did not intend to prepare a suitable place for the industry to participate in the annual meeting with peace of mind.
Peng Yunxi sent a letter to members of the Law Society today, saying that due to the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, attending the meeting has potential health risks. The Law Society strongly recommends members to avoid attending this year ’s annual meeting in person, and reminds members to send their votes and authorized votes by mail in the anniversary Vote at the conference. The letter mentioned that in order to keep the annual meeting as short as possible, there will be no time for candidates to run for the board of directors to speak, and all other awards and commemorative ceremonies will be cancelled.
"Human Rights Lawyer" Lin Yangjun's list. (Photo by Zheng Rongdi)
As for the members who decide to attend the meeting in person, the Law Society will also start the meeting from 6:15 p.m., and will collect the votes as early as 5 p.m. on that day to avoid members queuing closely. All participants should measure before entering the meeting. Body temperature, people whose body temperature is higher than 37.5 degrees Celsius are not allowed to enter the venue.
Peng Yunxi admitted earlier that he personally recommends some of the candidates for the election to hundreds of members by email. In an email, she appealed to members to support the Law Society to remain apolitical. She also said that Hong Kong is in a difficult time. It needs qualified lawyers to join the Law Society. It recommends the current directors Luo Ruide, Zhuang Weilun, and the partner of the law firm Simon Kang Li (Simon) McConnell), Gong Haixin and Yan Kunying, a total of five people, that is, all five people outside the list of democratic parties.
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