China has blamed the resignation of two senior UK judges from Hong Kong's highest court on 'British pressure' against a sweeping national security law while three Australians have indicated they will remain on the bench:
Justice Robert French, who is a non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and former chief justice of the Australian High Court.China has blamed the resignation of two senior UK judges from Hong Kong's highest court on "British pressure" against a sweeping national security law while three Australians have indicated they will remain on the bench.
"The British side flagrantly interfered in and undermined the administration of justice in the territory by political means," he told reporters. Robert Reed, the head of the UK's top judicial body, on Wednesday said he and colleague Patrick Hodge would relinquish with immediate effect their roles as non-permanent judges on the CFA."With Beijing assuming almost complete control of Hong Kong's law-making process, the judiciary is now being required to enforce Beijing's laws and the values they contain," Truss wrote in a six-monthly report to parliament."Such laws are not aligned with UK values.
Ten other foreign judges are still serving on the Hong Kong court, six of whom are retired British jurists.
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