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September 25, 2020
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Australian Judge Quits Hong Kong Court, Citing National Security Law
The Epoch Times
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On September 18, Australia’s national broadcaster reported that one of the 14 foreign judges on Hong Kong’s highest court has resigned due to concerns over a sweeping new national security law imposed by Beijing on the city.
The office of the city’s leader, Carrie Lam, confirmed the resignation of Australian judge James Spigelman but did not give a reason.
Spigelman, the former chief justice of New South Wales, is the first senior judge to resign and publicly cite the law, passed by the Chinese regime’s rubber-stamp legislature on June 30 without any Hong Kong legislative process or consultation.
The Polish-born jurist told the ABC that he had resigned for reasons “related to the content of the national security legislation” but did not elaborate further.
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