Earlier today the Hong Kong government announced that Justice Spigelman's appointment had been "revoked" earlier this month but did not provide any reasons why 2/pic.twitter.com/50QdW1WOZl
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Breaking - I've confirmed that distinguished Australian jurist James Spigelman *resigned* from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal earlier this month. He says his decision was "related to the content of the national security laws" passed by Beijing 1/
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His resignation came the day after Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam said Hong Kong had "no separation of powers" which provoked a storm of controversy. There's been great uncertainty over the future of foreign judges in Hong Kong's legal system 3/
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I do NOT know if these comments from Lam were what prompted his resignation. I only spoke to Justice Spigelman briefly and he did not elaborate on his reasons, beyond the brief comment above 4/
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Statement from the Government of Hong Kong confirms James Spigelman *resigned* earlier this month. The Govt says he "did not give any reason for his resignation" 5/pic.twitter.com/YTfPxJInrX
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Here's our story pulling together all the elements in this thread 6/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-18/judge-quits-over-hong-kong-national-security-law/12679318 …
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Maybe in HK a revocation is the way in which a resignation is accepted? Just wondering
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This marks the erosion of rule of law in Hong Kong.
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中文高手, 佩服！
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Right call on the resignation. The twisted common law system under
#NationalSecurityLaw is no longer the common law system we know, not to mention Beijing and Carrie Lam announced the death of separation of power and hence independent judiciary overnight.#StandWithHongKong
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