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Senior British judge to quit top Hong Kong court: media

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Senior British judge Baroness Brenda Hale has announced she will quit Hong Kong's top court when her term ends, stating there were 'all sorts of question marks' over Beijing's new national security law.

Baroness Brenda Hale , with Prince Charles at the Supreme Court

Unlike mainland China, where the courts are beholden to the Communist Party, Hong Kong's judicial system remains independent and based on common law -- a major reason for its position as a global business hub. Britain's government is currently reviewing whether to bar UK judges from serving on the Court of Final Appeal.

 

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'Critics say the national security law has cracked the legal firewall between HongKong & PRC. As well as criminalising many kinds of dissent, the law allows central-government security agents to operate openly in the city for the first time unhindered by local laws' 香港人加油

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