Hong Kong court ruling on Legco oath saga could slow other legal challenges

At least three judicial reviews against lawmakers likely to be affected by court decision deferring to ordinance

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Disqualified lawmakers-elect Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching appearing at High Court in Admiralty last month. Photo: Dickson Lee

Published: 7:27pm, 3 Dec 2016Updated: 10:35pm, 3 Dec 2016

At least three judicial challenges against Legislative Council members could hit stumbling blocks due to a procedural finding from a ruling that upheld the government’s unprecedented bid to unseat two pro-independence lawmakers-elect on Wednesday, the Post has found.

One plaintiff told the Post he planned to remove some of the names in his judicial review covered by fresh litigation the government is bringing against four pan-democratic lawmakers.

In the administration’s latest legal moves, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung are going after Lau Siu-lai, Nathan Law Kwun-chung, “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung, and Edward Yiu Chung-yim.

Robin Cheng Yuk-kai, a veteran member of the Taxi Drivers and Operators Association, said the government’s targeting of four of the eight on his list might cause him to withdraw his case against the four. “But I’ll still pursue the other four,” he said, referring to Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, Raymond Chan Chi-chuen, Cheng Chung-tai, and Shiu Ka-chun.

The Post has learned that at least three of the seven judicial reviews filed against lawmakers are likely to be affected by Mr Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon’s judgment on the appeal by lawmakers-elect Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang.

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