Taiwan homicide suspect Chen Tongjia has been released from prison for more than two years and has not surrendered to Taiwan. His new Legislative Council member and Anglican pastor Guan Haoming suggested that the government could consider using "extraterritorial jurisdiction" to empower Hong Kong courts to hear the case. Acknowledging the difficulty in resolving the issue of retrospectiveness of cases.
Guan Haoming emphasized that Chen Tongjia's willingness to surrender has never changed, but since the two of them have been blacklisted and cannot travel to Taiwan, even inquiring about the airline was rejected.
Guan Haoming (right) assisted Chen Tongjia (left) in contacting and discussing the matter of going to Taiwan.
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Guan Haoming joined the Legislative Council based on the Election Committee sector. He said on the Now news program that it was the most ideal way to repatriate criminals under the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance. legal way.
However, he admitted that even if extraterritorial jurisdiction is used, there are still retrospective issues that need to be resolved, and he hopes to seek help from someone familiar with common law.
He pointed out that the government should think about how to fill the loopholes, "at least through new extraterritorial jurisdictions, so that Hong Kong people in non-Hong Kong places are commonly known as 'persons' or 'territories'." He also mentioned that he and Chen Tongjia have both been arrested. The Taiwan authorities were blacklisted, "Actually, neither Chen Tongjia nor I could take the plane to Taiwan."
The case of advocating social movement has been completed, and the prisoner has been withdrawn to help rehabilitate
Many young people were arrested in social incidents. When he was running for election, Guan Haoming proposed to consider proposing a private bill to allow young people who have completed their sentences to revoke their police records and keep only the court records to facilitate their future development.
He described the case as a stigma that could affect a lifetime. He suggested that a committee should propose to the chief executive to withdraw the case, or try to complete the plan through legislation.
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