HK’s secretary of justice stated yesterday it’s “impractical” to apply common law principles, bedrock of HK law, to the national security law that will govern Hong Kong. Everything, from presumption of innocence to retroactive punishment, now in doubt?

HK’s secretary of justice stated yesterday it’s “impractical” to apply common law principles, bedrock of HK law, to the national security law that will govern Hong Kong. Everything, from presumption of innocence to retroactive punishment, now in doubt? https://t.co/tu033dLvch

— Ben (@benjaminqiu) June 14, 2020