epistemic_epee t1_j2clj92 wrote
Reply to comment by lowercaseyao in China gives Hong Kong leader power to bar overseas lawyers in national security cases by ihavestrings
The Hong Kong legal system is supposed to be separate from the Chinese legal system until 2047.
The practice of using foreign lawyers has been part of the Hong Kong legal system for a few hundred years: both prosecution and defense use them regularly.
In this case we have Lee, who asked HK courts for the power to refuse foreign lawyers and was told that goes against HK law: the HK Court of Final Appeal told him no.
So he went to the CCP and got approval that way instead.
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