HK CE says legal system intact under security law

Hong Kong's leader and political heavyweights held on Tuesday that the city's judicial independence is as intact and robust as ever under the National Security Law, and the resignation of a veteran Australian judge from the city's top court will in no way hamper its judicial independence.

Speaking to the media ahead of her weekly Executive Council meeting, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor explained that the Australian judge did not cite any specific reason for resigning as a nonpermanent judge of the Court of the Final Appeal.

"Right now, we have 13 such very eminent judges from common law jurisdictions, and I'm sure Hong Kong will continue to benefit from their wise counsel and their expertise in adjudicating cases," she said.