{"id":1411812,"date":"2022-03-31T01:15:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T05:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411812"},"modified":"2022-03-31T01:15:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T05:15:49","slug":"hong-kong-leader-says-british-judges-resignations-politically-motivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hong-kong-leader-says-british-judges-resignations-politically-motivated\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong leader says British judges\u2019 resignations \u2018politically motivated\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhong-kong-leader-says-british-judges-resignations-politically-motivated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411812&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-31T033452Z_1_LYNXNPEI2U04W_RTROPTP_0_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-HONGKONG_1.jpg\" alt=\"Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a news conference, in Hong Kong\" \/><br \/>FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a news conference at the government headquarters in Hong Kong, China March 9, 2022. Peter Parks\/Pool via REUTERS\/File Photo<\/div>\n<p>March 31, 2022<\/p>\n<p>HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013     The resignations of two senior British judges were politically motivated, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Thursday, adding that she was confident all levels of the judiciary in the Asian financial hub would be free from political interference. <\/p>\n<p>The judges resigned from Hong Kong\u2019s highest court on Wednesday because of a sweeping national security law imposed by China that cracks down on dissent in the former British colony.    <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can only draw the conclusion that there must be a lot of politics behind it,\u201d Lam told a daily news briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remain very confident that we still have very fine judges in the judiciary, both local and from overseas. Hong Kong will continue to benefit significantly.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Robert Reed, the head of Britain\u2019s top judicial body, said he and colleague Patrick Hodge would relinquish with immediate effect their roles as non-permanent judges on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA).<\/p>\n<p>Lam said she regretted their decision, adding that foreign judges were much valued to help safeguard judicial independence.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong\u2019s national security law did not prohibit overseas judges from serving and hearing security cases, Lam said.<\/p>\n<p>Britain, which handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997, has said the security law that punishes offences like subversion with up to life imprisonment has been used to curb dissent and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>London also calls it a breach of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration that paved the way for the handover.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the city\u2019s democratic campaigners have been arrested, detained or forced into exile, civil society groups shuttered and liberal media outlets forced to close in a security crackdown following the June 2020 law.<\/p>\n<p>Lam said the law was \u201cnecessary\u201d and brought stability to Hong Kong, rocked by months of sometimes violent anti-government street protests in 2019.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Farah Master and Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a news conference at the government headquarters in Hong Kong, China March 9, 2022. 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