The President of the Lawyers hosts a Hong Kong and Taiwan program to talk about the national security guests without pan-democracy: those affected are not neutral

The "Hong Kong National Security Law" has been implemented for more than a year. Radio Television Hong Kong has launched a new program "National Security Law Incident Book". It is hosted by Chen Zeming, President of the Law Society of Hong Kong, and Su Shaocong, former President and member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Several guests are invited to discuss the "Hong Kong National Security Law". ” and the Basic Law. Interviewees included Secretary for Justice Cheng Yeuk-wah, Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung, Basic Law Committee member Chen Hongyi and Legislative Council member Di Zhiyuan.

Chen Zeming hopes to explain the "Hong Kong National Security Law" to the public in a superficial and "non-reasonable" way, so as to deepen young people's understanding of China's "Constitution", "Basic Law" and "Hong Kong National Security Law".

Su Shaocong emphasized that this program hopes to increase the interest of Hong Kong people in related issues. It is not a one-way transmission of information. Disagreement is to "sing well" "National Security Law". The invited guests are also university professors, who will discuss and provide neutral opinions from an academic point of view. .

Invite Di Zhiyuan to talk about the crime of subversion and Chen Zhisi to talk about the influence of cultural creativity

"National Security Law Incident Book" premiered the next day (22nd), with a total of 12 episodes, talking about the "Sino-British Joint Declaration", the drafting of the "Basic Law", and the origin of the "Hong Kong National Security Law" and various crimes.

The program invited Di Zhiyuan to talk about the crime of subverting state power; Chen Zhisi, the convener of the Executive Council and chairman of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, talked about the impact of the "Hong Kong National Security Law" on cultural creation; Tang Jiahua, the former chairman of the Bar Association, talked about the government structure.

Chen Zeming hopes to clarify the facts through the program, including that the "Sino-British Joint Declaration" does not mention "dual universal suffrage" and Hong Kong's democratic process, but only mentions it in the Basic Law.

He believes that the public can make another judgment after watching the program, but the discussion must be based on facts.

Su Shaocong said that many people think that the "Hong Kong National Security Law" was designed by Beijing to manage Hong Kong people, which affects the protection of human rights, but he hopes to tell the public that the "Hong Kong National Security Law" is not terrible. Many countries also have national security laws. The most important thing is Striking a balance between national security and human rights protection.

Both of them emphasized that this time they hosted the program in their personal capacity and had nothing to do with the Law Society. The Law Society did not participate in the production of the program.

Uninvited pro-democracy guests?

Su Shaocong: Those affected are not neutral

When asked if the program did not invite pro-democracy groups or people affected by the "Hong Kong National Security Law", whether it would give people the feeling of "uniformity" or "singing well" about the "Hong Kong National Security Law", Su Shaocong expressed his disagreement, emphasizing that the program invited The guests include university professor and "non-establishment" Di Zhiyuan, who can discuss issues neutrally. On the contrary, those affected by the "Hong Kong National Security Law" may not be able to discuss relevant issues neutrally and professionally.

Chen Zeming said that the program invites guests purely to consider their professionalism and ability, and political stance is not one of them.

The Bar Association has issued several statements in the past and made recommendations on the "Hong Kong National Security Law". When asked why they did not invite relevant people to attend the program, Chen Zeming said that this program is an "introductory version", explaining from a basic level about the "Hong Kong National Security Law". ", rather than discussing in detail how to obstruct the provision, I think another show can be started to discuss in the future.

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