Political situation
Written by: Zhai Ruimin
2020-10-08 17:51
The last update date: 2020-10-08 17:51
The Judiciary announced today (8th) that from this month, as far as practicable, it will prepare summaries of District Court and Magistrates' Court decisions that may cause widespread public concern and upload them on the Judiciary's website.
In addition, starting from July this year, if there are a large number of complaints about the conduct of judges with the same or similar content in any case, the Secretariat of Complaints on Judges’ Conduct will publish the main points of the complaint, the investigation results, and the factors involved in the Judiciary website.
Member of the Legislative Council of the legal profession Guo Rongkeng welcomed the decision and said that he had been fighting for the judiciary to disclose all judgments in the past.
Regarding the pro-organizational legislators and pro-organizational media who have repeatedly pursued individual judges, Guo Rongkeng criticized Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao for launching machines, and joined the DAB to criticize judges during the Cultural Revolution, and attacked judicial personnel on a large scale and systematically. It is very dangerous behavior.
The DAB Legislative Council Member Zhou Haoding, who was originally a lawyer, rebuked Guo Rongkeng for labeling him indiscriminately, and questioned whether the reasons for the public complaint can alleviate public misgivings.
He pointed out that the six complaints made by Magistrate Ho Chun-yiu announced today reflect that the Judiciary has established standards for judging whether judges are biased, but the same standards are not uniformly used when handling District Court Judge Kwok Wai Kin’s complaints.
Zhou Haoding and Ge Peifan questioned whether the rationale for the public complaint result can alleviate public doubts.
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Regarding the complaint of Ho Chun-yiu, then Magistrate of the Eastern Magistracy, Zhou Hao Ting cited the Judiciary as saying that because the Department of Justice had not appealed the six complaints, he believed that the Department of Justice also agreed that the complaint was not substantiated.
Zhou Hao Ting criticized that the attorney general’s refusal to make an appeal itself has caused the public to question and is the problem. The judiciary cannot make a conclusion.
Ge Peifan expressed disappointment with the judicial organs, believing that the handling methods failed to convince the public, and questioned the suspicion of "checking one's own person."
Member of the Legislative Council of the legal profession Guo Rongkeng welcomed the decision of the Judiciary.
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Guo Rongkeng said that it is in line with the principle of judicial independence to let the judicial organ handle it on its own.
Regarding the democrats and critics of individual judges, Guo Rongkeng said that there is no problem with criticizing on the basis of legal principles and facts, but he does not hope that someone "has a good example" and makes a large number of complaints against judges and appeals to people including democrats. Don't act like this.
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