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Written by: Zhong Yan
2021-06-15 23:04
Last update date: 2021-06-15 23:05
In the past, local verdicts were uploaded in traditional Chinese or English. However, the media found that in a high court trial involving a Chinese company's winding-up case, the judiciary published a simplified Chinese verdict on the Internet, but there was no traditional Chinese verdict.
According to the Judiciary, the court will consider whether it is necessary to translate part or all of the judgment into other languages or simplified Chinese in accordance with the special circumstances and needs of the case, so as to facilitate the reference of litigants or other interested parties, and upload this translation to the judicial office. The website of the institution was an error of the hand and the people, and the Judiciary has removed the translation from the website.
At present, only the English version of the judgment of the case remains.
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Judiciary: The original version of the verdict will prevail
"Zhongxin" reported today (15th) that in a winding-up case (HCCW 350/2020) heard by the High Court in May this year, the Chinese-funded "Hong Kong Founder Information Co., Ltd." was applied for liquidation, and its parent company was "Beijing University Founder Group Co., Ltd.", the judiciary published a sentence in simplified Chinese on the Internet. At that time, there were only simplified and English sentences, but no traditional Chinese sentences.
The current public system of the Judiciary has been unable to find judgments in simplified Chinese characters, and only English judgments are available.
The Judiciary responded to inquiries and stated that the judgment will generally be in the language used during the trial. The original version of the judgment will prevail. The translated version is for reference only, and the Judiciary will upload the translated version to the website as needed, while the Chinese translation will be used. Traditional characters, the webpage has a function to allow citizens to read in simplified characters.
The Judiciary continued to point out that the court may consider whether it is necessary to translate part or all of the judgment into other languages or simplified Chinese according to the special circumstances and needs of individual cases, so as to facilitate the reference of the litigants or other interested parties, but generally will not upload them. The website, and the simplified Chinese translation of this case belongs to this category. Therefore, uploading this translation on the website of the Judiciary was a mistake by the people, and the Judiciary has removed the translation from the website.
The Magistrate Sentencing Workshop organized by the Hong Kong Judicial Academy in April was reported by the media as the subject of "Sentencing of Young Criminals."
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In addition, "Sing Tao Daily" reported today (15th) that the Judicial Academy under the jurisdiction of the Judiciary had recently held a "Sentencing Workshop" for Magistrates' Magistrates. The theme was "Sentencing of Young Criminals" to remind all judges. When officials are helping young people to rehabilitate, they must also conform to the overall interests of society. They must provide opportunities for rehab and youth factors, and they must not override other sentencing principles.
It also issues sentencing guidelines and written sentences for various crimes that are common in anti-amendment cases, including "arson", "illegal assembly", "assault on police", "possession of offensive weapons in public places" and "criminal destruction", etc. Summary.
The Judiciary responded that the Magistrate Sentencing Workshop organized by the Hong Kong Judicial Academy in April 2021 is one of the series of Magistrate Sentencing Workshops held since the end of 2018. This is the third workshop in the series. The scope mainly includes the basic concepts of sentencing, factors that increase or reduce the liability, and the sentencing considerations for dealing with young defendants.
As this workshop is an internal training activity of the Judiciary, it is not appropriate to disclose specific training and discussion details.
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