The Hong Kong government recently revoked the honorary merits of three pro-democracy activists and their titles of Justice of the Peace. All three persons were sentenced to more than one year in prison for participating in social movements. 
Some scholars believe that after the handover, the system of Justice of the Peace, and the honorary awards system have gradually become a “political candy hand-out system.” You have to side with the government to be awarded. 
On June 10, 2022, the Hong Kong government gazetted to revoke the honorary titles of Yeung Sum, former Democratic Party Chairman, Sin Chung-kai, former Vice Chairman, and Professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting, former Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong. …