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I was just going from this quote from the article. >who saw his abduction as a violation of the city state’s ability to run its own affairs, guaranteed by inte
by giarc 10y ago
I was just going from this quote from the article.
>who saw his abduction as a violation of the city state’s ability to run its own affairs, guaranteed by international treaty until 2047.
- FabHK 10y agoExactly. It's a special administrative region with contractually guaranteed freedom to run its own affairs in all aspects (law, immigration, currency, economic policy, etc. etc) except for defence and foreign affairs.
- true_religion 10y agoThis arrest is seen as necessary for 'national security', thus it would be arguable that Hong Kong has no standing here to complain. Even without that excuse, if you break a law in one country and flee to 'another state', you can still be arrested and remanded into custody of the country that you fled. The US for example has sent the FBI to foreign nations to arrest foreign nationals and return them to the US for trial----all with the backing of the allied government. Is it fair to expect Hong Kong, which is a territory of China, to not permit China the same sort of action?
- FabHK 10y agoYes. You'd have to obtain that backing first, and it is not clear whether that has happened here. Just going in (like the Mossad in Argentina for Eichmann) is not legal (even if it might be morally justified). National security is a bit tricky, because the HK Basic Law allows for exceptions there, I think - but has that seriously been invoked?
- RugnirViking 10y agoI know very little about this kind of thing; how does one -avoid- representing one's self in foreign affairs? isn't being the government basically that in entirety?