“The Case of Jimmy Lai and the Dragon Slaying Squad” – Understanding the Trial and Impact on Hong Kong’s Legal System

2024-01-23 15:28:34

The case of Jimmy Lai is currently under trial, and the “Dragon Slaying Squad” is mentioned.

Speaking of “Dragon-Slaying Squad”, let’s first understand the “Dragon-Slaying Squad” of the Hong Kong Police. The official name of the “Athlon Team” is actually the “Special Tactics Team”, the English abbreviation of STS. It was established in June 2014. It is composed of instructors from the Police Tactical Unit. It is dispatched when police operations are seriously hindered, using rapid methods to remove obstacles and Carry out lockdown and arrest operations, and were present at many large-scale conflict scenes during the 2019 anti-extradition law demonstrations.

At that time, the “brave faction” among the radical demonstrators formed an extremely violent organization called the “Dragon Slaying Squad” to target the “Athlon Squad” and threatened to kill police officers.

The “Dragon Slaying Squad” behaves very radically.Dagong Wenhui pictures

The “Dragon Slaying Squad” is well-equipped. It has been exposed by newspapers that they pretended to be the “Speed ​​Dragon Squad” and set fires and vandalism all over Hong Kong in an attempt to blame the police. Their behavior was very radical and they threw petrol bombs at different police stations many times. The police were attacked in the “CUHK Incident” and “PolyU Incident”.

In December 2019, the police raided and seized a large number of firearms, bullets, and sabers. (Image source: Sing Tao Daily)

In December 2019, the police raided many places in Hong Kong and Kowloon, seized a large number of firearms, bullets, sabers, etc., and arrested 11 people. Afterwards, members of the “Dragon Slaying Squad” who fled overseas confirmed that the gang that was busted and the weapons seized were related to them.

The weapons and equipment found are quite scary. (Image source: Sing Tao Daily)

In late December of the same year, the police arrested a man surnamed Su, a member of the “Dragon Slaying Squad” who opened fire at Tsui Ping Garden in Tai Po. During the operation, they seized a large number of weapons, including long-range rifles, pistols, more than 200 rounds of ammunition, sabers, etc., from the police display The weapons and equipment found are quite scary.

Huaren Homemade Bomb Case

By April 2020, a 20-year-old male student named Cai, a member of the “Dragon Slaying Squad”, was arrested. He was responsible for designing, distributing and supplying bomb circuit boards, and was involved in the “Huaren Homemade Bomb Case” in December 2019.

Police uncover gang conspiracy to make explosives

Looking back on the violent scenes in 2019, I believe that many Hong Kong people still remember it and do not want such extreme situations to happen once more.

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Yesterday, when the stock market plummeted, some people began to spread rumors related to the mutual recognition of civil and commercial judgments between the Mainland and Hong Kong, claiming that the judgments of the Mainland courts would automatically apply to Hong Kong. The SAR government issued a statement today to refute these unfounded rumors.

The “Arrangement for the Mutual Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Cases between the Mainland and Hong Kong Courts” will come into effect next Monday. In response to rumors that the courts of the two places will exchange information on cases following the “Arrangement” comes into effect, the Department of Justice responded that the statement is fallacious, emphasizing The relevant arrangements only involve the mutual recognition and enforcement of civil and commercial judgments between the two places, and the application for enforcement of judgments is entirely led by the parties.

The Department of Justice also reiterated that following the implementation of CEPA, mainland judgments will not automatically take effect in Hong Kong, and assets in Hong Kong will not be directly confiscated by the mainland.

The expert observed that as the SAR government is regarding to push forward the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, some people are taking advantage of the stock market decline and the weakening economy to speak down on Hong Kong’s economy, and “strangely” deliberately burying the link between Article 23 and the legislation.

The expert believes that the government is also paying attention to the development of the situation, and will clarify and counterattack any rumors and unfounded rumors in a timely manner.

Experts say that since the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law is the constitutional responsibility of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, there is also a practical need. It is better to seize the time and properly handle the 23 legislation, so that Hong Kong can concentrate its energy on comprehensively promoting the economy, benefiting people’s livelihood, and seeking development.

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