Such brutality should result in Hong Kong police being charged with war crimes. After the British government returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997 under the “one country, two systems” arrangement, Hong Kong was supposed to retain a high degree of autonomy until 2047, which included independent courts. Read more:Anyone who is moving through the Hong Kong airport, or flying on an aircraft registered in Hong Kong, could be arrested and charged by the police and extradited to China, where there is no guarantee of a fair trial. This was the case with Lee Bo, one of several Hong Kong booksellers who disappeared in 2016 and later turned up on mainland China. For myself, as a Hong Kong-Canadian who calls both Hong Kong and Canada home, I sincerely warn everyone that they could be arrested once the ordinance is passed into law.

Source: thestar June 13, 2019 21:22 UTC