Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng says she sees no ground why a foreign judge would be barred from ruling on a case of national security. Photo: Nora Tam
exclusive | Hong Kong justice minister says there are no grounds to bar foreign judges from ruling on national security cases, but a special court could help
- Teresa Cheng says it would be ‘strange’ to prevent a foreign judge from sitting on such cases
- If a special court is set up, judicial independence must be preserved, she adds
Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng says she sees no ground why a foreign judge would be barred from ruling on a case of national security. Photo: Nora Tam
