Hong Kong’s dishonest jurists have decided that the decisions of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong SAR (NSC), an appendage of the Chinese Communist Party, “are not amenable to judicial review.” The victim of their decision is former Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai.
Even repeating an objection to grotesque injustice supposedly constitutes “unreasonable litigation conduct” deserving of penalty.
According to Derren Chan’s JURISTnews report (July 6, 2024):
The court reiterated that Article 14 of the 2020 National Security Law (NSL 14) is “most clear” that the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress (NPCSC) does not intend to confer jurisdiction on the Hong Kong courts to review any decision of the NSC. Not only does NSL 14 provide for NSC’s three duties and powers, but it also provides that:
“No institutions, organisation or individual in the Region shall interfere with the work of the Committee. Information relating to the work of the Committee shall not be subject to disclosure. Decisions made by the Committee shall not be amenable to judicial review.”
In dismissing the application, the court also awarded indemnity costs in the view that the application for leave to appeal is “wholly unmeritorious” and should not have been brought. The court reasoned that it had already dealt with the applicant’s arguments in its previous ruling and this application thus amounted to unreasonable litigation conduct.
Incarcerated for advocating freedom and democracy, Jimmy Lai is not only supposed to bear any amount of injustice but also never reiterate any particular objection to it. If the fake judges of the fake court of the conquered city were monitoring the torture of a prisoner who screamed “Stop!” more than once, they would fine him for resuming an already declined petition.
The bottom line of the various legal questions summarized in the JURISTnews piece is that Jimmy Lai, 76, has no chance. He faces a life sentence. If the Chinese Communist Party wants him to rot in prison for the rest of his life, he will rot in prison for the rest of his life.
Also see:
FreeJimmyLai.com: Video: “The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom”
