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Fair trials at risk, argue legislators.
(From South China Morning Post)
Byline: Klaudia Lee
Legislators yesterday criticised government plans to allow closed-door court hearings when appeals are brought by members of organisations banned under proposed national security laws.
During a Legislative Council bills committee scrutinising the legislation, Secretary for Security Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee said that a panel of lawyers would be established to represent appellants when a hearing was held in their absence.
Mrs Ip said the aim was to prevent the disclosure of confidential information that could endanger national security.
In the draft amendment to the Societies Ordinance, part of the process of enacting Article 23 of the Basic Law, the secretary for security can ban an organisation on national security grounds. Aggrieved parties can appeal to the Court of First Instance within 30 days. The proposal prompted fierce criticism from lawmakers, who said it could deprive people of a fair trial. There were also doubts about what the criteria the government would adopt when choosing the lawyers to sit on the panel.
Independent legislator Audrey Eu Yuet-mee felt the government would be splitting lawyers into two camps, with only a ...
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