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Letters | In prosecuting Hong Kong protesters, the Justice Department is simply doing its job

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Protesters flee from police officers outside the police headquarters in Wan Chai on June 27. Photo: Dickson Lee
Lawmaker Dennis Kwok wants to know why our Department of Justice has not prosecuted the men in white who attacked people in Yuen Long, and why the Secretary for Justice is going after protesters first (“Hong Kong’s justice department denies prosecution of protesters is politically motivated”, August 7). May I give an answer?
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Our Justice Department’s job is to prosecute, after the police arrest suspects. Kwok must not put the cart before the horse.

It appears less than 1 per cent of the troublemakers who vandalised the Legislative Council building and police stations have been arrested, but Mr Kwok has not complained about that.

Politics may sometimes play a role in how punishments are meted out. We Chinese are familiar with the saying: 亂世用重典. To paraphrase, in a chaotic situation like the one we are in now, more severe measures are needed as a deterrent.

Felix Shin, Kowloon City

Stop persecuting the police

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