Bar association condemns insults directed at non-Chinese judge in Hong Kong who jailed senior policeman
Group urges authorities to take swift action at insults directed at Indian born principal magistrate
The Hong Kong Bar Association slammed recent personal attacks on the non-Chinese ethnicity of a magistrate who jailed a retired senior police officer for three months for attacking a bystander at a 2014 protest, urging authorities to take swift action.
Releasing a statement on Saturday, the association said it had documented insulting, racist or xenophobic words and actions directed at Indian-born principal magistrate Bina Chainrai.
It warned that such personal attacks against the courts or judicial officers could undermine respect for the courts, due process and the course of justice.
“There are reports of personal and insulting attacks, and worse still with racial overtones made against the magistrate concerned,” the statement read, referring to Chainrai.
“Such conduct may even constitute contempt of court. The Hong Kong Bar Association strongly condemns such conduct, and invites the relevant authorities to take swift action to deal with such serious and offensive conduct.”