Hong Kong Courts Are Independent of Politics, Top Judge Ma Says
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Hong Kong’s judges administer justice based only on the law and aren’t influenced by political considerations, Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma said today.
“The administration of justice by the courts is not, nor can it be, influenced in the slightest by extraneous factors such as politics or political considerations,” Ma said at the opening of Hong Kong’s legal year. “The courts and our judges apply only the law.”