Extradition Bill
jul20 Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam eventually withdrew these proposed amendments to the extradition law in the face of the huge and sometimes violent protests. But now, under the new national security law, if the Chinese authorities decide to try a security case in China rather than Hong Kong, the suspects will presumably be extradited automatically to China. The defenders of the new law point out, however, that, Article 50 of the law states that the Office for Safeguarding National Security “shall perform its mandate in strict compliance with the law and be subject to supervision in accordance with the law. It shall not infringe upon the lawf It shall not infringe upon the lawful rights and interests of any individual or organisation. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-13-hong-kongs-new-security-law-ends-one-country-two-systems-philosophy-and-judicial-independence/#gsc.tab=0 ul rights and interests of any individual or organisation. The Fugitive Offenders