Hong Kong’s justice department denies prosecution of protesters is politically motivated, as 3,000 of city’s legal profession take part in second silent march
- Accusation made by lawmaker Dennis Kwok as 3,000 members of city’s legal profession take part in second silent march
- Leading members of profession also call for independent investigation into political crisis
Thousands of legal professionals in Hong Kong took part in a second silent march in two months on Wednesday, to voice their discontent at the “political prosecution” of anti-government protesters.
The group, which organiser and legal sector lawmaker Dennis Kwok Wing-hang said involved 3,000 people at its peak, also called on the government to formally withdraw the now-abandoned extradition bill, and launch an independent inquiry into the whole political crisis.
“The legal sector does not accept political prosecution,” said Kwok, outside the Department of Justice building in Admiralty, along with hundreds of lawyers who stood in sweltering midday heat after a short march from the Court of Final Appeal in Central.
Kwok said they demanded a face-to-face conversation with Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, and the Director of Public Prosecutions David Leung Cheuk-yin.
“Cheng needs to come out and tell us whether the prosecutorial decisions made recently were politically motivated,” Kwok said.
