The EOC proposes legislation to prohibit ethnic discrimination. The Chairman of EOC, Zhu Minjian, said on a TV program that the proposed regulations prohibit Mainlanders and Hong Kong people from discriminating against each other, and empower the EOC to initiate investigations without aggrieved persons.
Zhu Minjian emphasized that if speech conforms to the "behavior" and "thought" under the common law, it conforms to the elements of conviction. Therefore, he believes that he does not worry about being accused of being guilty of words.
The EOC proposes legislation to prohibit ethnic discrimination. The chairman of EOC Zhu Minjian said on a TV program that the proposed regulations prohibit discrimination between mainlanders and Hong Kong people.
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The Chairman of the EOC, Zhu Minjian, accepted the NOW TV program "Da Ming Da Fang" and pointed out that the prohibition of intra-ethnic discrimination is a "two-way". It not only prohibits Hong Kong people from discriminating against mainlanders, but also prohibits Mainlanders from discriminating against Hong Kong people. If there is no aggrieved person, the investigation can still be initiated.
Zhu Minjian continued to point out that the regulations will have clear standards. Even comments posted on the Internet may belong to ethnic discrimination, but he is not worried about being accused of being guilty of words. He emphasized that the common law has two conviction elements, except for " "Behavior" also has "thoughts", including its motives and consciousness. If the words spoken are discriminatory, harassing, or slanderous, their actions have been met.
However, if it is due to other reasons at that time, there is no such awareness to discriminate against others, and the lack of this awareness to harass others, if you cannot prove the element of thought, you will not be guilty.
Sexual orientation discrimination legislation has not been submitted to the government timetable
The EOC has also completed a preliminary report on the legislation on sexual orientation discrimination. Zhu Minjian said that the manuscript is being circulated and studied internally. After a consensus is reached, the stakeholder group will be consulted. He has not yet decided whether there will be a public consultation. He estimates that he will have the remaining half of the year. There is little chance of submitting proposals to the government before the term of office, but I believe that as long as specific procedures are established and discussions with stakeholders are established, even if personnel changes, work will not be affected.
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