Chief Executive of Hong Kong condemns British judge’s resignation

Chief Executive of Hong Kong condemns British judge’s resignation | BBC News

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Ай бұрын

A high-profile British judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court last week has warned the city is “slowly becoming a totalitarian state” and judges are being compromised by an “impossible political environment created by China”.
Lord Sumption’s comments on Monday came as a third senior foreign judge in the past week resigned from the Court of Final Appeal.
Hong Kong’s government said it "strongly disapproves" of Lord Sumption's opinions, calling them a "betrayal against Hong Kong's judges".
It highlighted remarks from the other leaving judges who said they still believed in the independence of the courts.
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@shrafe Ай бұрын

When Lord Sumption said "Berlin"... that was a Freudian slip

@headpower999 Ай бұрын

John Lee really knows so much about law with his high school degree

@BernasLL Ай бұрын

So that explains the rustic maneirisms.

@darth.severuss Ай бұрын

He was HK's Deputy Commissoner of Police. He has a lot qualifications. Look it up.

@headpower999 Ай бұрын

@@darth.severuss He only has a high school degree. How does being a Deputy Commissioner of Police have any relevance in terms of interpreting the law? He is just a "public" servant, a mouthpiece for China, trying to challenge an experienced judge. A police officer with high school degree trying to teach a judge how to interpret the law is like a kindergartener trying to teach a professor calculus.

@gordonho3828 Ай бұрын

@@darth.severusslooked up and found none, 50cent

@darth.severuss Ай бұрын

@@headpower999 for the HK police probation inspector needs a university qualification and he didn't start as an officer. As he rose through the ranks he was sent for extensive training laws. He graduated from Charles Sturt University. That's high school to you?

@tvgerbil1984 Ай бұрын

There was a time when this "One Country Two Systems" was important and having a few British judges in the High Court of Hong Kong steadied the nerves of international businesses investing in Hong Kong.

@donquixote3927 Ай бұрын

What on earth could they have been nervous about?

@Critguards Ай бұрын

I'd say they are nervous about an Autocracy wearing the mask of a Communist state. Tyrannical rule is not mandated rule, it does not keep balance and security, but instead claims this (balance and security) as a tool to enforce its power hungry and control driven agenda. While this is not limited to Eastern or Western history or powers, the contemporary intellectual community should take heed and not let the disruption of balance ⚖️ lead to another world conflict or war. Protests only work if there is dialogue to be had, otherwise it is much like a person screaming at no one involved. Honoring old agreements is a sign of trust and respect, remove these defences and peace can find itself defenseless.

@Joppi1992 Ай бұрын

@@Critguards "not let the disruption of balance lead to another world conflict or war" you mentioned. Except the Taiwan situation is a powder keg, with the smallest semiconductors being manufactured almost exclusively in Taiwan (basically used for all kinds of modern tech), the Taiwan Strait being a shipping route where a total of a couple of trillions of dollars' worth of goods travels through each year, and the increasingly aggressive stance of the PRC in the region and especially against Taiwan and the Philippines. Xi even gave a deadline, stating that Taiwan will be "reunified with the mainland one way or another" within just a few years from now. This is just covering that part of the world. Meanwhile you've got the situation in Eastern Europe, the thing about Iran (which has close ties to the PRC) and Israel and the global interest in the Red Sea, the thing with India and the slowly increasing tension with the PRC at their border, and so on. The tension in the world is heating up, and world powers are preparing more and more for a real world war.

@vervetech9395 Ай бұрын

@@Critguards The internal affairs of countries miles away from yours IS NOT YOUR BUSINESS! UN Charter clearly states that "we shall not interfere in the internal politics of member states". Whether it's authoritarian or not isn't the business of any outsider.

@vervetech9395 Ай бұрын

British judges on China's internationally recognized soil is what makes international investors not nervous according to you? What a condescending comment. Investors are in to make profit from China's huge market, if they can't control their superiority complex then they're free not to invest in any province of China. Period

@ngselina4638 Ай бұрын

Thx Lord Sumption speaking out for HK!

@hangtuah888 Ай бұрын

LORD sumptuous is an oppotunist. HONG Kong is fine when he was on the bench.

@Eyy7072 Ай бұрын

He didn’t do it as a favour - pro bono. It would be interesting to know how much judges get paid in UK and HK

@hangtuah888 Ай бұрын

@@Eyy7072 You bamdied words around without understanding what is the meaning.

@Eyy7072 Ай бұрын

Chief executives/ presidents/ prime ministers do not need to have expertise in everything. They have advisors. Surely we don’t expect Biden or Sunak to be legal gurus.

@user-ht4bl6si1s Ай бұрын

Good for Lord Sumption! Should he have resigned earlier?

@debbiehaha1300 Ай бұрын

Well John Lee, I don’t think the people of Hong Kong like your rules either, so Lord Sumption is not on is own….

@TheKkpop1 Ай бұрын

Stop attacking John Lee. HK should become judicial independent from its colonial past. Oz is one good example to become a judicial independent country.

@donquixote3927 Ай бұрын

@@TheKkpop1 They should also have an independence referendum like Scotland.

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

@@TheKkpop1do you know that the whole family of Hong Kong chief executive Jon Lee and many senior politicians are still holding British citizenship? Why did they apply for British citizenship in 1990s if they really support the handover of Hongkong to China? Why don't their family give up the British citizenship even under so many criticisms

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

@@donquixote3927according to all the polls including BBC, only around 20%of Hong Kong people support independence, majority of us want to return to UK as oversea territory

@znxster Ай бұрын

Hong Kong should have been granted the ability to be a city state. It is an international city.

@geoms6263 Ай бұрын

is still a city not village

@teflerchina.2987 Ай бұрын

It still has its autonomy and one country two systems

@dawnnadir Ай бұрын

As a Hong Konger, I don't really think so. Communist China is a big bully and a state of the enemy to us. @@teflerchina.2987

@dawnnadir Ай бұрын

Hong Kong and Macau should be having self determination.

@teflerchina.2987 Ай бұрын

@@dawnnadir They have it already. It's the one country two systems. Catalonia should have self determination from Spain but the Spanish government won't allow it. There are many regions that want self determination but the governments refuse. Why is that most complain about H.K as it has nothing to do with them anymore?

@dannyarcher6370 Ай бұрын

Ummm. Why are there still British judges in Hong Kong? 4:00 - Never mind.

@reginageorge4 Ай бұрын

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@user-ub8so7mz5x Ай бұрын

Hong Kong was International city

@thecomprador Ай бұрын

It's a very common practice in Common Law countries like Singapore, NZ, Australia. No need now as HK rule of law is dead.

@duncanhewitt6557 Ай бұрын

People in Hong Kong can have dual citizenship with the uk so many are coming here

@yc-tai Ай бұрын

Listening to the Hong Kong chief, and the BBC man in Hong Kong, who is reading from the script supplied by UK government?

@mawkeechin5447 Ай бұрын

Better quit rather than be detained by CCP later due to refusal to implement HK security law.

@PhaulTscuheng Ай бұрын

Hongkong is just a normal mainland's city. Not having a special state again

@AntiWar_dude Ай бұрын

So what - at least not colonial city anymore

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

@@AntiWar_dudeDuring colonial period, millions of refugees from Mainland China fled to HK to escape the Chinese Communist party, it proves that China government treated their own people evan worse than British coloniser

@fccpfccp8189 Ай бұрын

Police state is way worse than a colonial city with true rule of law.

@hklau-mq1uy Ай бұрын

Why they didnt utter any condemnations about the cosmopolitan aspect of society before while they were getting paid from the city

@fccpfccp8189 Ай бұрын

It shows ultimately money cannot buy off conscience.

@edwardhoulton8725 Ай бұрын

Interesting. I was talking to a chap from Hong Kong who had to escape after china got mental about things. HK has been totalitarian for quite some time.

@billycheung8836 Ай бұрын

That chap must either be a criminal or suffers from schizophrenia.

@pirate5489 Ай бұрын

Uk is totalitarian government itself . Who elected sunak? Who elect the House of Lords?

@teflerchina.2987 Ай бұрын

He is probably one of the rioters.

@hangtuah888 Ай бұрын

Who said that Hong Kong judges should pronounce on politics?

@cosplayshop Ай бұрын

I still have family living in Hong Kong, they have gone totalitarian since probably 2000.....

@HuMI317 Ай бұрын

Just accept the fact that Hong Kong is not a british colony anymore. Don’t keep interfere in other countries affairs. That’s against UN charter

@simonsimon1814 Ай бұрын

You should tell that guy John Lee stop speaking half-English if you don't like "foreign influence":)

@ykc16888 Ай бұрын

It's embarrassing beyond words. John Lee is like a high school kid (well he indeed only graduated in high school) saying Albert Einstein knows nothing about physics. Law and politics are so related and influence each other.

@jmmpat Ай бұрын

Well said!

@mosque31 Ай бұрын

John Lee, who is a stupid and bad guy always made us laugh everytime in his talking 😂

@Gemarica Ай бұрын

The rule of law, or the lack thereof?

@mcmcmc3511 Ай бұрын

Will not travel to Hong Kong anymore.

@skyward711 Ай бұрын

So basikley the chines govenment can overoul the desitions of law made by judges sounds like a tyranikle diktater ship to me but we all now that's wat China is

@IbnBahtuta Ай бұрын

Whereas the leader of the west, america has the best judges *money can buy.*

@Sammy1234568910 Ай бұрын

The fact is that in Common Law jurisdictions the purpose of law is not to protect the government or the state but the citizen and the individual. The CCP can't have Common Law in Hong Kong to maintain the illusion of one China - two systems and enforce totalitarian dictates at the same time. The two are incompatible.

@delta_glider4362 Ай бұрын

>enforce totalitarian dictates HK was dictatorship for a long time before China got involved, child. 😆

@M3.Lorenzo Ай бұрын

Wait ... Please remind me, when has the US or the UK ever hired foreign citizens as judges on its High Courts or District Courts? It seems foreigners can't even practice law freely in Western countries without obtaining local certifications and permission from the judicial systems. Speaking of 'impossible political environment'?😅

@TheKkpop1 Ай бұрын

HK has its common law in place. We don't need you to tell HK blindly follow colonial master on rule of laws. National security law is essential for society security and safety which the western countries uphold for centuries. However it's labelled social injustice when HK enacts similar laws to the west.

@wktang9680 Ай бұрын

@@delta_glider4362 Yes and no. The British could have ruled Hong Kong like a dictatorship but they chose not to. In particular after China instigated and funded the well-known 1967 "Leftist" riots in the former colony which involved planting home-made bombs that killed scores of Hong Kong citizens, among other extreme tactics, in an attempt to overthrow British rule, the Hong Kong Government implemented a series of large scale programs including building low-cost housing, development of representative government (the District Boards), and programs that benefited seniors, childern and families as well as workers. In contrast, unfortunately, China under Xi Jinping since 2012 has become more and more like a dictatorship. Xi singlehandedly shut down any hope of democratic election of the legislature, turning all levels of governments in Hong Kong to a close-to purely appointment system. And as we know, he also uses the National Security Law and new Article 23 of the Basic Law to subvert all forms of civil liberties in Hong Kong.

@tw3338 Ай бұрын

At 00:45, John Lee said “our judges needed to be supported by all of us”. Well said, past tense was used. 👍🙄😵

@TheFurreid Ай бұрын

just like UK anti terrorism law in the past..

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

British people can vote for their government, can Hong Kong people kick out the Chinese communist government with our votes ?

@yangjianguo1848 Ай бұрын

Most likely the fear of being blacklisted and sanctioned by the US govt if they are found to contravene the HK Human Rights and Democracy Act ... So I guess many HK govt. officials, judges and others have decided to resign from their jobs (it is wise for them to err on side of caution) .... especially if they have family members and relatives either living or studying in US or if they, themselves are having assets & investments in US or have plans to migrate to US. It would cost them a bomb to get lawyers to defend them and to prove their innocence in order to be free from the sanctions and blacklisting.

@jullianbashir18 Ай бұрын

Can hk official explained clearly and specifically which part of the judges statement is “weaponized “ and “is wrong “ . Simply by making a “crybaby “ statement isent going to win in any arguments or debate . Wow … a public statement to this low .. is unheard of :)

@kokliangchew3609 Ай бұрын

During the protest, pre-pandemic, I was in touch with some of my HK friends, who, without exception were in support of the protest. I actually told them that the protest was meaningless and that they would be lucky if China did not send in the tanks into HK like they did during Tianamen. They were actually not that well briefed about how the Basic Law and how the Handover came about. I had followed the negotiations for the Handover and Basic Law in the early 1980s in the UK when Thatcher was negotiating it with Deng. Simply put, the Chinese thought that they were getting back HK in the same format that was existing during the negotiations, which was direct rule by way of an appointed leader. At that time, HK was ruled by a Governor General appointed by the UK. However, after the treaty was done and signed off, the UK government suddenly decided to set up a HK democratic legislative assembly to elect HK's leader, in essence handing over a poison pill to China. Of course China was furious about it but could not do anything as the treaty allowed UK to do that. Many commentators in UK at that time lambasted Thatcher's government for the pure hypocrisy of the move. As they rightly pointed out, HK had never ever had any democratic rights and any attempts to do so had being firmly quashed by the British as seditious during their rule! The British used the same sedition law that they had introduced into Malaysia and Singapore, and which long after their independence from the UK, continued to be use by both the Malaysian and Singaporean governments against their political opponents. Suddenly, after signing off the treaty with China and years of suppressing any democracy movement in HK, the British government decided to introduce democratic elections for HK's leadership, which was not what China had expected! In essence, the British had shafted China, again! HK was given to Britain as a result of the two Opium Wars where the British had fought China to continue to be state sponsors in pushing opium into China. Read that shameful history of Britain's Opium Wars where it became the only country in history which became state Opium pusher. I told my HK friends that did they expect UK or US to invade or challenge China militarily? Like they did in Vietnam, Afghanistan or Iraq? Those were minor countries with very weak military and financial clout. Which was not the case with China. www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/30/the-hong-kong-unofficials-who-advised-britain-on-the-handover-and-were-ignored "When the decision to relinquish Hong Kong in 1997 was finally announced on 20 April 1984, ironically it brought a sense of liberation to the advisers. Emboldened, a nine-member delegation - led by Chung - went to London to try to exert pressure on the government. But London was prepared. The press were briefed against them before their arrival and described their statement as “militant”. Their crucial questions to their colonial masters were: what would happen if China breached the Sino-British joint declaration? Would residents of Hong Kong be able to cast their vote on the joint declaration? If so, how? It was a controversial visit at home, too. Pro-Beijing newspapers accused the delegation of “spreading gloom in Hong Kong”, despite Hong Kong’s stock exchange index having already fallen by 200 points since the 20 April announcement. “We are here to try to reflect the Hong Kong people’s aspirations,” said Selina Chow, a member of the delegation, as reported by the Guardian on 13 May 1984. “We are asking the British government: ‘How are you going to fulfil your obligations to me? How are you going to protect me against these doubts?’” But before they received any answer from London, they were dismissed - including by their former boss, MacLehose, who by now had been given a life peerage. To Chung, it was unforgivable. “I shall never forget the words of the MPs who criticised us, saying that the unofficial members of the two councils were not elected so how could they represent Hong Kong? … I said to them: ‘How can you claim that you can negotiate for us? You have no mandate from us either; I never elected you,’” he later recalled to Tsang." As I kept reminding my HK friends during the protests, the Handover was negotiated by an Imperialist Conqueror and Colonist, which was never elected by HK! And who negotiated not what was in the best interest of HK but in the best interest of the UK. However, conveniently, both the HK younger generation and British commentators conveniently glossed over that!

@jieunchoi2256 Ай бұрын

Finally someone who studied the history. Hope ppl read this. It is so werid when it is so obvious for 3rd person but it is not for ppl who are invovled. We all live in a cruel world.

@pristinelim Ай бұрын

UK is declining while China is rising. Just look at UK's drug and homeless problem. Put your own house in order first before meddling in other affairs.

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

in 1946, UK attempted to give HK higher degree of democracy and introduced "Young Plan" , but Chinese Communist party didn't allow and threat UK that they would invade HK if any constitutional reform was introduced kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aqmHZc6JqLvDj4k.html

@simonsimon1814 Ай бұрын

Good you are more "well-briefed" than your "HK friends". Probably more so than the CCP Politburo:) Britain did not suppress democracy. Only HongKongers did not demand it because freedom was guaranteed by British democracy itself. In others words, you can't "suppress" a demand that was non-existent. Hong Kong under Chinese rule is a different story. HongKongers don't trust China and demanded democracy in the last years of British rule. There were huge protests to demand democracy after Britain left. Thank you for your "expert opinion":)

@geraldcoffey3303 9 күн бұрын

Lord Sumption pointing out the hypocrisy

@chao7514 Ай бұрын

Where did that John Lee’s tongue came form? Hum? Ridiculous 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@reginageorge4 Ай бұрын

@AF-wf6vo Ай бұрын

I wish Nixon had never gone to China.

@ricohflex777 Ай бұрын

UK was reluctant to return HK to China. UK did try to extend British colonial rule over HK but China rejected the proposal in negotiations. Thus UK used its senior judges in HK to interfere in China's administration of HK SAR. The violent protesters who were arrested in HK expected British judges to find them not guilty and set them free. UK ruled HK for 156 years and never once gave the HK people the right to vote.

@masontsoi Ай бұрын

@1:49 Berlin?

@Americanamae Ай бұрын

Can someone please explain why China would not be happy with foreign judges’ resignations? Doesn’t that mean there’s less foreign influence and China can then take those seats or proxy seats and more power? Sorry, I’m American and struggle to grasp the full situation in HK politics.

@jeff__w Ай бұрын

The resignation of Commonwealth judges damages the veneer of the “rule of law” in Hong Kong that China and the Chief Executive of Hong Kong maintain still exists in Hong Kong per its Basic Law and the “One Country Two Systems” principle developed by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the early 1980s.

@Americanamae Ай бұрын

@@jeff__w ahh thank you! That makes sense. 👍

@jeff__w Ай бұрын

@@Americanamae My pleasure!

@Eyy7072 Ай бұрын

Don’t let Sumption’s clip Public school accent fool you!!!😂

@tommymorrison6478 Ай бұрын

In what way?

@mylife70777 Ай бұрын

Why foreign judges work in hongkong

@hiramabiff2017 Ай бұрын

With their current expansion into Africa and the far east as well as fighting Indian soldiers on the boarders ( the BBC likes to ignore that ), if anyone is shocked they are eradicating 99yrs of Democracy on Hong Kong then you must have been living in a cave. While we squabble they are on a colonial expansionist crusade.

@mkodyChallengesYOu Ай бұрын

They are a super power settling isseus and correcting wrongs since Japan and opium era Now they arrived Ps. Usa should be condemned and France too if your logic is applied And those have caused causalities

@khookeekeng Ай бұрын

156years no democracy, suddenly awake😢

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

@simonsimon1814 Ай бұрын

Why not. Human species evolves. Several hundred years ago, Europe was in the Dark Ages. Then something happened that brought the Enlightenment. You can stay in your cave if you like:)

@jessicaregina1956 Ай бұрын

Now they can hire Chinese judges 😂

@user-vp6vf8wm2s Ай бұрын

UK judge? Out of character if politically motivated

@JousungKim-ji6hz Ай бұрын

28-year-old Bardela Party leader, who led far-right Morning Star RN to a landslide victory, quickly emerges as the next prime minister😍✌️

@mikewill5338 Ай бұрын

Lol, am sure they caught his hand in the cookie jar, must be a corrupt judge

@MJTUEN Ай бұрын

Just remove ALL the shackles from the colonial past. Hong Kong is no longer under the British rule since 1997 buy why the colonial judges were still there under Hong King payroll. Singapore and Malaysia have had long discarded such colonial mentality decades ago. Local judges are equally good if not better than there highly paid colonial judges.

@lambertois11 Ай бұрын

John Lee ! Truth hurts !

@jimpinetree2531 Ай бұрын

Why are the HK judges still dressed up like they are British lords…? The wigs are hilarious…

@Shairony Ай бұрын

Drug dealers care about 'rule of law' in their former turf😅

@KOFAKEDEM Ай бұрын

一位曾在「終審法院」工作的法官對香港的「法律制度」發出最強烈的批評, 所謂「行政部門」的負責人竟然有勇氣批評這位法官的批評 , 這只有當三權合作時才會發生。

@peterli6298 Ай бұрын

What kind of laws are you referring to Crazy Lee ? Your created laws?

@WilfredLiu Ай бұрын

I do think he can spell his name properly

@user-mr1my4pm8l Ай бұрын

When you nod your head yes but you want to say no?

@Scrooge1Percenter Ай бұрын

Buhu well Hong Kong is part of China and not British anymore deal with it.

@clairee4939 Ай бұрын

That looks like more of a problem for you than us love.

@Scrooge1Percenter Ай бұрын

@@clairee4939 I have no problem here love it

@vercoda9997 Ай бұрын

Most Irish people and businesses have also fled HK. The last time i was there, it was very, very noticeable that a huge amount of ex-pats and foreigners have abandoned the city.

@GameChanger-cr4hx Ай бұрын

HK is no longer a colonial outpost .... stay or leave - it is a democratic choice.

@Wbliss Ай бұрын

Wake up, stooge ! HK doesn’t need these ‘ weilows ‘ anymore.! If they want to stay & work , fine or else, pack up & get lost. !!

@vercoda9997 Ай бұрын

@@GameChanger-cr4hx That's irrelevant, and you know it. I looked at your other comments, and everything you say toes the Chinese Party line. Go right ahead and defend why Winnie the Pooh is banned because Xi thinks he'll be mocked by it. Defend why there's no free press in HK, and why people can't commemorate atrocities like the T Square massacre. Go ahead. Justify a punitive pack of freedom, and try to say why it's good that immigrants - and locals - are fleeing HK city. Explain why it's good that HK natives are accepted as refugees in other countries.

@vercoda9997 Ай бұрын

@@GameChanger-cr4hx You're a Party shill whose account is only a few weeks old.

@Gemini73883 Ай бұрын

@@vercoda9997so he's a party shill, so what. He may even be a CPC member. All who stay, stay because they want to stay. Those who want to go can go!

@lastChang Ай бұрын

I can understand how Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Chief Lee *feels for being sanctioned by the US.* - He can't apply for a credit card. - All his money in banks, including ones in Hong Kong, is frozen. - His empty houses in the US are forfeited. - His kids can't attend US schools, and - his wife can't go shoes shopping in America. *How can he have any self-esteem to meet the press?*

@Diotima0fMantinea Ай бұрын

You can see why 17500 delegates from 130 countries attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum compared to 3000 delegates at the World Economic Forum. US shot themselves in the foot by weaponizing the dollar and some nations have lost confidence with US. A nation can't freeze someone else's assets because they don't agree with their policies. It's theft.

@quabook_WeiWang1124 Ай бұрын

WHY need I and my children to visit US or go shoes shopping in America? Just because it is free of charge in Apple shop?

@cheemengsiew288 Ай бұрын

No no no Days of western attraction Are over

@cheemengsiew288 Ай бұрын

China has all things Be cheap or expensive Western branding A joke to the Chinese

@darth.severuss Ай бұрын

@@quabook_WeiWang1124 Ignore this Endian. I'm surpised the heatwave didn't get him.

@user-dw5qh2fr5e Ай бұрын

Is there rule of law in hong kong/ China

@petersone6172 Ай бұрын

Of course there is, it’s called “CCP law”, which translates to, it is whatever I want it to be.

@rgen28 Ай бұрын

Yes there is. It is called chairman Xi brain.

@askad7 Ай бұрын

You can try.

@GameChanger-cr4hx Ай бұрын

Try subversion like that of 2019 ....but wait, the same gathering in Washington 6th Jan got more than 1000 protesters arrested and jailed for up to 10 years. Democracy or hypocrisy?

@teflerchina.2987 Ай бұрын

@@petersone6172 The rule of law in H.K is totally separate from Beijing.

@M3.Lorenzo Ай бұрын

@tvgerbil1984 Ай бұрын

"One Country Two Systems" applies to Hong Kong and also the former Portugese colony Macau too. Although Macau became a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China in 1999, judges from Portugal have continued to be appointed to Macau’s courts. The former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping developed the "one country, two systems" concept.

@M3.Lorenzo Ай бұрын

@@tvgerbil1984 And what's your point regarding Macau? How does it relate to my question with UK or UK? 😅

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

@@M3.LorenzoChina has signed a contract to agree it, so China needs to keep her promises

@M3.Lorenzo Ай бұрын

@@yipzoe3865 And how does it relate to UK and UK not allowing foreigners to serve as judges in their judicial systems? You make it sound like China has offered a more ''possible political environment' for Hong Kong than the US government in judicial freedom?

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

@@M3.Lorenzo Pls remain that majority of Hongkong people didn't want to return to China before 1997, so China made many favourable agreements to decive us to accept the return of Hongkong to China and promised us that nothing would be changed after the handover, of course it was a lie we discovered later. If we were allowed to have a referendum before 1997, Hong Kong would be still British on today

@jamesnicoll8415 Ай бұрын

Lee is a mouthpiece of Beijing.

@darth.severuss Ай бұрын

Nathan Law is a mouthpiece of Anglo-Saxon.

@seasonmists Ай бұрын

Politics aside, Lord Sumption is not entirely wrong if what he wrote in the FT is all true. If Hong Kong courts have no final say in interpretations, it is not as autonomous as people think an English court should be. And why should it be? Hong Kong is part of China, in matters of national security, with an unfair competitor like the US who sanctions the Hong Kong man as much as the Chinese man, which Lord Sumption is also against, a little sovereignty hurts no one. Also, I wouldn't take everything he says as an indication of what other UK judges think. He is after all a British historian who believed business interest was more important than human lives during COVID when he criticised the UK government for locking down too long.

@grahambyrne7868 Ай бұрын

Shut up thats bollocks 😂

@hangtuah888 Ай бұрын

Judges should be above politics as in everywhere else.

@Eyy7072 Ай бұрын

Judges should be above politics, theoretically , to say that judges are so everywhere else really a very big claim that would require massive evidence to prove. I look forward to seeing such evidences Judges should be above politics but in reality it is difficult to keep completely free from political influence

@hangtuah888 Ай бұрын

@@Eyy7072 Good judges keep their silence. What evidence are you on about. JUSTICE Brandon of the High Court of Australia was a good exemplar.

@aerohk Ай бұрын

relinquishing power voluntarily doesn't seem to be a good move

@pristinelim Ай бұрын

Just look at what UK has become. Put your own house in order before you comment.

@TheFurreid Ай бұрын

THERE WAS NO VOTE EXCEPT THE LAST TWO YEARS OF BRITISH RULE IN HK.. what are you talking about democracy rights?.. HK is more democratic than ever before.. certainly NOT under British rule

@tommymorrison6478 Ай бұрын

I take it you work out of Beijing.

@pristinelim Ай бұрын

@@tommymorrison6478 for over a hundred years there is no freedom and no democracy under the British and when returning HK back to China suddenly wants democracy and freedom. What a mockery.

@tommymorrison6478 Ай бұрын

@@pristinelim You work out of Beijing too I see. Fyi, the Hong Kong Chinese flourished under British rule and there are very few who, after all these years under the Chinese communist yoke, don't long for a return to those happy days when they enjoyed freedoms that are only a memory now. The Chinese answer is ever more repression.

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

@simonsimon1814 Ай бұрын

If it is good, it doesn't matter it was 2 year or 200 years. We know China has full "democracy" though one-party rule is written into their Constitutions. Of course you can call it whatever you like. You are just lying to yourself while cannot accept reality. Why not just call it dictatorship? Calling a spade a spade makes you a more honest and happy man:)

@verlixrooney2469 Ай бұрын

I’m wondering what the hill this guy to Hong Kong Judge!!!!

@andrewmk10000 Ай бұрын

This guy is such a joke. It was a good video for him. I couldnt see the strings working him, they concealed them well.

@grandmaada9956 Ай бұрын

❤

@hungfaili19 Ай бұрын

Thanks to speak out the true of Hong Kong

@Nakajimakawa Ай бұрын

Berlin????

@reginageorge4 Ай бұрын

@stephenball-qo7ug Ай бұрын

Principle of effective occupation

@Milford_Cubicle_ Ай бұрын

I think he meant to say Beijing. Glad you caught that too.

@helloworld0911 Ай бұрын

Making a Freudian slip about nazi germany?

@Aryanchadrick Ай бұрын

Remember what happened to south Africa when British left.

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

During colonial period, millions of refugees from Mainland China fled to HK to escape the Chinese Communist party, it proves that China government treated their own people evan worse than British coloniser

@vervetech9395 Ай бұрын

Britain is in a terrible shape right now. It's hardly a competitor on the world stage now so Britain should focus on improving Britain.

@Aryanchadrick Ай бұрын

@@vervetech9395 Yeah I wonder why.

@vervetech9395 Ай бұрын

@@Aryanchadrick They fell after WWII? Hence they relied on immigration for meaningful growth?

@alanjeffs-ep8lq Ай бұрын

How much of the UKs Energy does Lord Sumption own, he's worth a fortune

@JelMain Ай бұрын

Jonathon's retired in the UK. How can he not do so in HK too? So, not being involved is being involved!

@Change-xp2ts Ай бұрын

No big deal.

@ChicoTheMan69 Ай бұрын

Why is he still there it's Chinese there what rule of law?

@claus.pe.7937 Ай бұрын

Stay away and let them settle their differences. Why don’t you apply the same measures in Palestine 🇵🇸?? Hypocrisy at its finest

@ShadowPhoenixMaximus Ай бұрын

Hypocrisy is the CCP having literal concentration camps in Xinjiang/East Turkestan, all the while little pinks ramble about Palestine.

@anthonysokolsky6210 Ай бұрын

Bollocks to Palestine!

@AntiWar_dude Ай бұрын

Good bye those Colonialist judges forever and never come back to Hong Kong as a colonialist and racist thinking

@GameChanger-cr4hx Ай бұрын

Other countries, even the US and UK do not allow foreign judges to sit in the judiciary .... why would Hong Kong accept the same?

@tvgerbil1984 Ай бұрын

3:41 Hong Kong, unlike other areas in China, dresses up its judges with wigs and gowns as if they are still working in British court. Presumably, Hong Kong is proud of its British connection, just like it still has British judges sitting in its judiciary.

@EllenC2222 Ай бұрын

Yes... Not even in Singapore when our very respected Mr Lee Kuan Yew read law in Cambridge. He even removed the barrister system that does not do any good to the general public.

@blackmage4100 Ай бұрын

@@EllenC2222 The UK Privy Council was Singapore's highest appeal court until 1994. Most appeals to the PC was abolished in 1994 as Singapore has sufficient senior judges then. Singapore is not averse to foreign judges, expertise is always welcomed. We currently have quite a number of foreign judges on the Commercial Court.

@Aryanchadrick Ай бұрын

We do allow them into politics there was revealed to be a Chinese spy close to labour as labour is like 90% non english god it hurts just knowing how many spies are just sitting there.

@hardliner6475 Ай бұрын

There is no judge in HK, only court ruler of CCP!

@ejws1575 Ай бұрын

Democracy Activists, ah yes….

@treplay8846 Ай бұрын

John lee no speak engrish

@Eyy7072 Ай бұрын

So?

@treplay8846 Ай бұрын

@@Eyy7072 sounds retarded...its a bad look

@koszehang Ай бұрын

in Berlin…😂😂😂😂😂

@grandmaada9956 Ай бұрын

Thank you Lord. 👍

@matthewmulligan3858 Ай бұрын

Backward country

@user-px5rt5my2m Ай бұрын

😂😂😂Hong Kong 😂😂😂 businesses are already moving out in droves.

@ijumpjudyy Ай бұрын

@reginageorge4 Ай бұрын

@belladonnatook8851 Ай бұрын

@@reginageorge4Stay focused. We are talking about Hong Kong, you bloody narcissist.

@mylike Ай бұрын

@@reginageorge4 People try to make someone feel better by comparing them to those who performed worse, is referred to as "social comparison bias" or the "relative comparison effect" in psychology. This refers to the tendency for people to compare their own performance to that of others, rather than to their own goals or potential. Particularly when faced with failure or setbacks, individuals often seek out those who have performed worse, in order to boost their own psychological feelings. This approach has several issues: It ignores the individual's specific circumstances and potential, simply comparing rankings or scores. It may lead people to lower their own goals and expectations, and even stifle the motivation for self-improvement. It is often based on a "winner-loser" mentality, lacking in empathy and teamwork spirit.

@Guesswhokk Ай бұрын

His whole family claim British Citizenship, but this man still want to complain, give me a break.

@ArabicReja973 Ай бұрын

Wherever the Chinese 🇨🇳 regime goes, that place becomes *hopeless.* Whether it's Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Zambia, Kenya, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, or Pakistan.

@quabook_WeiWang1124 Ай бұрын

Did Hong Kong have elections during British rule or was a govonor just sent from UK. Remind me of the democracy then

@quabook_WeiWang1124 Ай бұрын

贵的太久起不来了吧哈哈哈

@Wbliss Ай бұрын

That’s BS out of yr mouth, HK is Chinese territory & where China’s influences are in those countries, they prosper better than those countries that are living like stooges for western interests.!

@boekoms Ай бұрын

Get off Western banned youtube in CCP land you wumao@Wbliss

@TheKkpop1 Ай бұрын

Hi Diewanese, Taiwan is part of China.

@ChairmanKim Ай бұрын

It’s funny to see a colonial power to comment on HK’s security law. Hypocrisy at its finest. 😂

@josephwallis8965 Ай бұрын

Mao Ze Don'g most famous quip,' I am the law.'

@donquixote3927 Ай бұрын

“Do what thy wilt shall be the whole of the law”

@khookeekeng Ай бұрын

Caucasian judges are politically biased 😢

@buzz5969 Ай бұрын

HK SAR Repub of Chyna is what wikipedia says…

@hayeonkim7838 Ай бұрын

😮😮😮

@nathanielgrant3909 Ай бұрын

Edes & Ravenscfroft-Hong Kong outlet supplying all those Chinese beaks with their garb? Laavley!

@ronaldcy Ай бұрын

This title is absolutely misinformation.

@wonderfulwinnder Ай бұрын

Who would you believe? a former senior judge of the court of final appeal with a duty to uphold the law, or a former police appointed to suppress the people? The market has the answer 📉

@rastafaruan4039 Ай бұрын

It’s Chinese territory not English colonial post

@yipzoe3865 Ай бұрын

No, the land of Hongkong should belong to Hong Kong people and it was returned to China against the will of majority of Hongkong people, majority of us still prefer British rule evan after 27 years of handover to China

@jsyo9639 Ай бұрын

@@yipzoe3865you are a

@AB-fi5jt Ай бұрын

One day India will return the favor to rule UK, go Sunak!!!

@darth.severuss Ай бұрын

He will loss the election.

@kwankuiwa5613 Ай бұрын

HONG KONG IS OVER

@Eyy7072 Ай бұрын

Over the British?

@jsyo9639 Ай бұрын

This propaganda Channel

@enfredlindstrom6763 Ай бұрын

the ccp has replaced what 80% of the people in hongkong .why ?

@hashtag_thisguy Ай бұрын

Citizens angrily condemn the stripping of the one country two system policies since 1997.

@BrokenHill56 Ай бұрын

The communist apologist

@agoodchow Ай бұрын

Resign and immediately criticize your former employer/institution is No No under all circumstances. best to stay silence after the resignation.

@tvgerbil1984 Ай бұрын

The reason to resign is to get the opportunity to speak out. That's how things work in the world unless there is a special contract that forbides you to. Is there a special contract in place to forbide the good judge speaking out?

@agoodchow Ай бұрын

No one would offer opportunity or employment or assignment to this man who demonstrated lacking integrity, except you -- TV GerBil who failed to realize his shortcoming.

@Truth433 Ай бұрын

Implement moderately ?? Tell that to UK

@Gemini73883 Ай бұрын

HongKong. What the Brits OWNED was the island. They could have kept it but chose not to because the costs of hanging on was too high or they (Brits) were too poor to afford to hang on. The Brits had no rights of ownership over the leased land of Kowloon and the New Territories! In the time that they ruled over HK Island (+leased land) the people had NO POLITICAL rights. Now the Brits claim "democracy" was there all along. It wasn't democracy, it was "Britocracy", a peculiar form of British "democracy" where the local residents do as they were told to. A serfdom, really! If the locals were not as placid as the Chinese tend to be, African "Mau Mau" uprising would have taken place. Do not take things for granted. However I admit that at the beginning things in HK were better than on the mainland. This may have been because the "yellow" race wasn't seen by the Brits as "non-human" as the black (Negroid/Indian) races were. I was told by a white person, to my face, that I was an "honorary" white when I first set foot in Australia during the "white Australia" days of yore!

@pristinelim Ай бұрын

The British stole HK from China.

@user-mr1my4pm8l Ай бұрын

Many don't even know what curiosity mean. Think about it.

@ijumpjudyy Ай бұрын

@LamCharHome Ай бұрын

Sad to see the fall of Hong Kong by the hand of communist

@GameChanger-cr4hx Ай бұрын

Better that than corrupt capitalist disguised as democracy.

@bobbycheng2607 Ай бұрын

I believe HK can find a new way to rise again

@ericyuen5946 Ай бұрын

John Lee is a former Royal Hong Kong Police , he had long period of time worked under the British HK government, in-fact there a large numbers of Hong Kong people betrayed the majority wills and strictly impose CCP instructions.