Letters | Changes to Hong Kong’s extradition process undermine the rule of law and serve the Communist Party
- The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong is using the grief of a bereaved family to push legislation that benefits the Chinese government
The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) has shamelessly used the pain of the family of the woman who was murdered to promote legislation that serves the Communist Party’s purposes.
All Hongkongers should oppose the legislation. First, we must oppose all “one-off arrangements” as these undermine the rule of law.
Will justice be served by proposed changes to fugitive laws?
If a Taiwanese couple visited Hong Kong and the man murdered the woman and fled home, Taiwan could not easily transfer the man back to Hong Kong for trial because there is no extradition agreement between Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The governments of China and Taiwan have reached agreements on mutual aid in combating crime. In 1990, China and Taiwan negotiated the Illegal Immigrants Kinmen Agreement through the International Red Cross and, in April 2009, they signed the Cross-Strait Joint Crime-Fighting and Judicial Mutual Assistance Agreement. Why can’t Hong Kong and Taiwan do the same?
Chan Ka-kin, Yuen Long