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For what I have understood, the issue is that the bill is a loophole in which they can essentially indict a individual with dubious charges until they fullfill
by Maken 7y ago
For what I have understood, the issue is that the bill is a loophole in which they can essentially indict a individual with dubious charges until they fullfill the threshold, and then absorb him into mainland China, at which point he's outside any legal guarantee and the real trial can begin.
- calyth2018 7y agoThe first part of the PDF from the legco.gov.hk states that it must be double-criminalty, which means the act that the person being extradited must be a crime for both jurisdiction. There's also no double jeopardy, no political indictments. Suppose the CE is in cahoots, it then goes to the courts, which has been the least affected because the elites in HK depends on it for their business dealings.