Gov’t plan to curb overseas lawyers in national security cases ‘not blanket ban,’ says deputy justice minister

Gov’t plan to curb overseas lawyers in national security cases ‘not blanket ban,’ says deputy justice minister

Hong Kong’s proposal to amend the law so that the chief executive can decide whether to allow overseas barristers to participate in national security cases does not amount to a blanket ban, the city’s deputy secretary for justice said on Sunday. “If it was a blanket ban, there would be no need to design such a concrete and detailed system,” said Horace Cheung on TVB’s On The Record. Horace Cheung. File photo: Legislative Council, via Flickr. Bot…