Hong Kong justice minister slams personal attacks on judges
- Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng says any personal attacks on judges and acts of contempt are not acceptable to the government
- On Tuesday, graffiti appeared in Kowloon City, calling former Eastern Court magistrate Stanley Ho a ‘dog judge’
Hong Kong’s justice minister on Wednesday slammed personal attacks on judges, a day after graffiti emerged accusing a former magistrate of bias towards anti-government protesters.
The graffiti that appeared in Kowloon City on Tuesday evening called former Eastern Court magistrate Stanley Ho Chun-yiu a “dog judge”.
“Decisions made by judges should not be judged merely by personal preference,” Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah said.
“Any personal attacks on judges and acts of contempt as what happened yesterday are not acceptable to the government.”
She also called on people to look at judges’ reasoning in their rulings objectively before discussing the decisions.
On Tuesday evening, police received reports that red graffiti in Chinese appeared on the walls outside two residential buildings in Kowloon City. Officers also found papers printed with Ho’s photo that described him as “a judicial tumour” lying scattered in the area.