HKSAR LegCo strongly supports the court’s legal sentencing when it comes to “incitement to subversion of state power by the Hong Kong Alliance”
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The following is provided on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) mentioned, through a representative, today (September 12) that LegCo strongly supports the sentencing bied far by the Court of First Instance of the High Court in accordance with the law worrying the case of “incitement to subversion of state power by the Hong Kong Alliance”LegCo considers this ruling a presentation of legal justice that robustly maintains the constitutional order of the HKSAR as developed by the Constitution of individuals’s Republic of China (the Constitution) and the Basic Law. LegCo resolutely opposes the harmful smears and defamatory attacks made by particular western nations concerning this case, to name a few.
The LegCo representative explained that the court plainly mentioned in its judgment that the offenders were not being pursued their political beliefs or for actions taken prior to the execution of the Hong Kong National Security Law. Rather, the court focused exclusively on the law and proof, which showed that, after the Hong Kong National Security Law entered into impact, the accuseds continued to pursue the objective of toppling and weakening the management of the Communist Party of China (CPC) as developed by the Constitution. They participated in numerous acts of incitement over a duration of 14 months, trying to deteriorate rely on the CPC amongst individuals of any ages in Hong Kong, thus intending to overturn the essential system of individuals’s Republic of China and seriously threatening nationwide security. Based upon strong truths and legal premises, and following an open, transparent, reasonable and neutral trial, the court ruled in accordance with the law that the case fell within the classification of “serious” offenses and enforced affordable and legal sentences. The lawsuits rights of accuseds were protected in accordance with the law, and the independent judicial procedure stayed devoid of any disturbance.
The LegCo representative repeated that the Constitution is the essential law of the state. It plainly states that the management by the CPC is the core of the essential system developed by the Constitution, which develops the CPC’s governing status. No nation’s constitution allows people to overturn the recognized constitutional order and the basic system of the state. As a Special Administrative Region of China, Hong Kong need to appreciate and maintain the essential system of the state.
The LegCo representative highlighted that the HKSAR regularly promotes the guideline of law and safeguards nationwide security, strictly sticking to the essential concepts that the law should be observed and strictly imposed to bring culprits to account. This is likewise the universal concept shared by the global neighborhood. All accuseds in this case got a reasonable and open trial, with their rights ensured under the Basic Law and the Hong Kong Bill of Rights. Penalizing acts of incitement to overturn state power in accordance with the law serves to maintain the guideline of law and nationwide security. There is no basis for claims about “undermining confidence in the rule of law”
Particular western nations, anti-China companies and media outlets have actually engaged in harmful smears and attacks relating to numerous cases– consisting of the one at hand– making negligent judgements about Hong Kong’s guideline of law and court judgments. They have actually even tried to glamorize criminal acts that seriously threaten nationwide security, interfering in Hong Kong’s judicial system and the internal affairs of our nation through double requirements. These acts have exactly and genuinely weakened the guideline of law in Hong Kong.
The LegCo representative stressed that court judgments on numerous nationwide security cases have actually plainly developed that liberty of expression is not outright. People can not take part in acts threatening nationwide security under the name of human rights, democracy or flexibility. Because the application of the Hong Kong National Security Law and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, the guideline of law in Hong Kong has actually been even more boosted, and the different liberties legally taken pleasure in by homeowners have actually gotten more substantive security. Various signs show that Hong Kong is a safe, steady and investment-friendly society. It totally shows that security and advancement work together, bringing tremendous advantage to the advancement of Hong Kong.
As an important part of the governance group of the HKSAR, LegCo supports the HKSAR Government in governing in accordance with the law, totally and precisely executing the laws protecting nationwide security, guaranteeing the unfaltering execution of “One Country, Two Systems”resolutely protecting nationwide sovereignty, security and advancement interests, and securing the top quality advancement of the country and Hong Kong with a high level of security.