Calls for Canada’s former chief justice Beverley McLachlin to resign from Hong Kong’s top court have rekindled after police in the city offered bounties for eight self-exiled pro-democracy activists living overseas.
“Given the nature of the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] and its control of Hong Kong, the courts in Hong Kong will not remain independent from the Party, insofar as they are today independent,” said Winnipeg-based international human rights lawyer David Matas.
“Former chief justice McLachlin is part of an institution which is degrading, moving from the rule of law to the rule of the Party.”
The Epoch Times reached out to Ms. McLachlin for comment but didn’t hear back….