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The Secretary for Justice, nominated by the Chinese government on the advice of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, is an ex officio member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. The Secretary takes office after appointment by the Government of the People's Republic of China , which is responsible for Hong Kong's foreign affairs and defence .
On 19 June 2022, Lam was appointed (pursuant to Article 15 of the Basic Law) by the Central People's Government, on the nomination of the Chief Executive-elect of Hong Kong John Lee, as the 5th Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong (taking office on 1 July 2022 in the 6th Government of the Hong Kong SAR).
On 3 July 2020, the Chinese official media, Xinhua News Agency, stated that the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was formally established. There were 10 members of the committee. As the Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong, Cheng was a member of the committee. [19]
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 leading democrats to jail terms of up to 10 years in what critics say is a major blow to the financial hub's rule of law. Under ...
HONG KONG. Hong Kong's leader John Lee accused unidentified foreign forces of “slandering” the city's judiciary, the department of justice and law enforcement agencies, accusing them of ...
At a ceremony to open the legal year in Hong Kong, the city’s chief justice promised he would continue to uphold judicial independence. Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li also said a task force ...
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is the department responsible for legal policy, the administration of justice, drafting legislation, and providing legal advice to the government in Hong Kong. It is headed by the Secretary for Justice , who reports to the Chief Executive directly.
On March 23, a Hong Kong High Court judge denied former Democratic Party lawmaker Andrew Wan’s bail appeal and sent him back to Lai Chi Kok prison. “The Department of Justice will be judged by ...