Political situation
Written by: Lin Jian
2020-10-02 10:45
Last update date: 2020-10-02 10:51
Since Chen Tongjia was released from prison in October last year, he has not surrendered to Taiwan and has been repeatedly questioned whether he has the intention to bear the guilt. The Anglican Pastor Guan Haoming, who has been in contact with Chen Tongjia, has been dragged down.
Now that Chen Tongjia surrenders for a certain period of time, this is not only a legal issue, but also an incident that affects across the two sides of the strait.
According to the current political situation, Chen Tongjia's surrender is at least beneficial to Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Commissioner of Police Deng Bingqiang, and they will each set a dangerous political bomb.
But in the position on the other side of Taiwan, the Tsai Ing-wen government will face a dilemma...
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Lam Cheng is questioned for forgetting his "initial heart" Chen Tongjia surrenders can help
Chen Tongjia absconded and returned to Hong Kong after committing a crime in Taiwan. He was arrested by the police on suspicion of money laundering. Under caution, he admitted to killing his girlfriend Pan Xiaoying, but Hong Kong could not handle it legally.
As everyone knows, the SAR government later used this incident as an introduction and suggested deleting the provisions of the "Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance" and the "Fleeing Offenders Ordinance" that do not apply to "Hong Kong and other parts of China", which became a political contradiction in the future. The fuse of violent conflict with the streets.
In terms of law, Hong Kong law cannot deal with Chen Tongjia, but from a political perspective, if Chen Tongjia has been at large in Hong Kong, Xing Yan would also "do not look good" to Carrie Lam.
For this reason, in October last year, Chen Tongjia was released from prison for a money laundering case and later expressed his intention to go to Taiwan to surrender. When Lin Zheng talked about this, he mentioned that this was a "relatively relieved and relatively reassuring ending." .
In the past year, Chen Tongjia has not made it to go to Taiwan. Guan Haoming has been urged every once in a while. Some netizens even set up a special page to tease Chen Tongjia "No mood, don't go live!" satirizing him involuntarily surrendering.
Since September, Pan Xiaoying’s mother has repeatedly accused Chen Tongjia that she has not surrendered and criticized Lam Cheng for not helping the Pan family seriously. In public, Lin Zheng has been asked about the Chen Tongjia case frequently by reporters, but Lam Cheng admits that Chen Tongjia is in Hong Kong. He is already a "free man" in law, and laments that every response will make Pan Tai emotional.
The turmoil of the amendments to the legislation has already reached the stage of storms in the city. If even the "initial heart" Chen Tongjia cannot deal with it, it will definitely become a "stain" in Lam Cheng's political career.
Chen Tongjia finally surrendered, and Carrie Lam was pleased to see it on the spot.
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The willingness to surrender to Taiwan has never changed
Lam Cheng once lamented that every time he responded to Chen Tongjia's case, Mrs. Poon's mood fluctuated.
(Photo by Lu Yiming)
The police avoid embarrassment
As for standing in the police position, the situation is also very embarrassing.
Chen Tongjia still lives in the safe house provided by the police, but
Mrs.
Poon recently questioned the improper practice, and
Legislative Council Member Xu Zhifeng even questioned Chen Tongjia's lack of qualification as a witness under the Witness Protection Ordinance.
However, Chen Tongjia is considered to be the "source" of the turmoil of the amendment. There is indeed a certain personal safety risk, and what is his purpose in the safe house?
It is most likely to just wait to set off and surrender. If you want to evade criminal responsibility, the police may not be able to provide protection indefinitely.
When Lin Zheng was asked about related issues, he only repeated that he would not comment on the specific actions of the police, especially concerning the allocation of resources.
For Director of Police Deng Bingqiang, this is also an embarrassing situation: should we continue to protect Chen Tongjia?
Since Chen went to Taiwan on his own, the police also reduced one area that could be questioned.
How the Tsai Ing-wen government accepted Chen Tongjia has attracted much attention.
(Central News Agency)
The dilemma of the Taiwan authorities: how to deal with Chen Tongjia?
However, from the standpoint of Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen government, Chen Tongjia's surrender also brought him a "hot potato."
As far as the Taiwan authorities are concerned, justice cannot be demonstrated if Chen Tongjia is not dealt with. As it has always said, "coming to surrender at any time" does not match, but in actual handling, there will be another dilemma: Chen Tongjia has always been suspected of committing homicide and turned into another. Whether the most controversial person can provide a fair and just trial has attracted much attention.
This may explain to a certain extent why Taiwan has a little "ambiguity" about Chen Tongjia's attitude.
Although the government has always stated that it will actively deal with it and establish a single contact window, there are still many details that have not been finalized, including whether Taiwan will send people to Hong Kong, immigration issues, etc. It depends on how Taiwan accepts the call.
Chen Tongjia's anti-revision demonstrations, Carrie Lam, Tsai Ing-wen, and Deng Bingqiang
