Hong Kong’s chief justice issued a rare rebuke of a sitting judge on Monday, and warned that expressing “unnecessary political views” threatened to erode the public’s faith in the legal system.Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li said judges should refrain from any views on controversial matters, as he revealed that District Judge Kwok Wai-kin would continue to be barred from handling political cases.Last month, Kwok expressed sympathy for tour guide Tony Hung Chun when jailing him for stabbing…
from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3085912/hong-kongs-chief-justice-geoffrey-ma-issues-rare-public
Monday, May 25, 2020
Hong Kong’s Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma issues rare public rebuke of judge who compared protesters to ‘terrorist army’
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