Police on Dec. 11, 2014, the day that the Occupy site in Admiralty was cleared. (Photo: Laurel Chor/Coconuts Media)
Live every week like it’s Shark Week Prosecution Week.
The PR geniuses at the Hong Kong Police have done it again: ladies and gentlemen, yesterday marked the official start of Prosecution Week! (No, we don’t know why it was launched on a Tuesday.)
Try to withhold your excitement about this year’s theme, which is “Uphold Justice with Professionalism and Independence”.
The aim of Prosecution Week is to “enhanc[e] community awareness of the rule of law and citizens’ civil rights and duties”, i.e. “stop occupying streets and stuff”.
At the opening ceremony, Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen (Can anyone say his name without cracking up?) spoke about how Hong Kong is changing, and how that’s presented “huge challenges” to the authorities.
Changes include the “advance of technology” (e.g. Whatsapp, Facebook, sexting) and the upsurge of cross-border crime (e.g. smuggling with prams, wheelchairs, your own bare body).
Yuen then spoke about the importance of carefully and critically evaluating all evidence in any case, and of maintaining prosecutorial independence – making us a little worried that the secretary of justice has to talk about two absolute givens within any legal system.
Well, what are you waiting for? Go crazy! It’s Prosecution Week!
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