Beijing’s new national security law will be incorporated into Hong Kong’s legal system with built-in protections for offenders, who will not be sent across the border to mainland China to face trial, according to a senior legal source.Principles such as presumption of innocence and proof beyond reasonable doubt to validate a criminal conviction would be followed in related trials, the source told the Post on Wednesday.The reassurance came a day before the National People’s Congress was expected…
from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3086408/national-security-law-offenders-hong-kong-will-not-be-sent
Thursday, May 28, 2020
National security law offenders in Hong Kong will not be sent for trial in mainland China, senior legal source says
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