[Global Times reporter Yang Weimin] Xia Boyi, the former chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, fled Hong Kong in a hurry that night after being admonished by the National Security Office of the police for allegedly violating the Hong Kong National Security Law. He was accused of being a thief.

　　According to the Hong Kong Toutiao Daily.com report on March 2, at 7 pm on the 1st, Xia Boyi hurriedly appeared at the Hong Kong International Airport with his wife and children, dragging a large amount of luggage, and was once unable to complete the relevant procedures due to document problems.

He was in a bad mood at the time, arguing with several staff members for a long time, and disturbing many passengers.

According to sources, he left Hong Kong on a Turkish Airlines flight, first flew to Turkey, and then transferred to his hometown in the UK.

　　Hong Kong media said that Xia Boyi fled immediately after being investigated by the police as a guilty conscience.

According to Hong Kong's "Sing Tao Daily", Xia Boyi went to the Wanchai Police Headquarters on the morning of March 1 and received a warning from the National Security Department of the police for allegedly violating the National Security Law, but he was not arrested or restricted from leaving the country.

Xia Boyi, 69, qualified as a barrister in the United Kingdom in 1976, went to Hong Kong to become a barrister in 1993, and became a senior counsel in 2006.

In 1995, he established the so-called "Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor" with Hong Kong rioters and Professor Chen Wenmin of the Law School of the University of Hong Kong, and became the first chairman, claiming to monitor and promote human rights in Hong Kong after the return, and promote human rights education.

According to the report, Xia Boyi's national security law case involves "Hong Kong human rights monitoring".

The organization has political connections with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and has been funded by the latter with a grant of HK$15 million since 1995. In 2014, it was even funded by mysterious funds during the illegal "Occupy Central".

"Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor" is also closely related to Xia Boyi's affiliated law firm in London, UK. The lawyer Helena, the listed barrister of the law firm, has repeatedly maliciously spread Xinjiang-related rumors and false information. She is one of the nine British lawyers who were sanctioned by China in March last year. one of the people.

　　In addition, in 2003, Xia Boyi went to Europe with the founding chairman of the Democratic Party and senior counsel Li Zhuming and others to lobby EU and British politicians against the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law. In 2013, he published an article advocating that Tibet is an "independent country" and should be There is a "right to national self-determination".

Since the "revision scandal", he has become the "Queen's Barrister" of the thugs. He has defended Ma Junwen, who smeared the "eye-popping woman" of the police and incited others to split the country. Wu Wenyuan, who also served as a "community company", was suspected of illegal activities in 2019. Defense attorneys who assembled the case.

　　Some Hong Kong media commented on March 2 that Xia Boyi has been engaged in politics in Hong Kong for a long time under the guise of a legal profession. After becoming the chairman of the Bar Association last year, he smeared the Hong Kong National Security Law and openly excused the lawbreakers such as Next Media founder Li Zhiying.

The article said that it is ridiculous for an agent of foreign interests to be the chairman of the high-profile Hong Kong Bar Association, and what is even more ridiculous is that he is "reasonable and strong" to challenge the Hong Kong National Security Law. .

　　In Hong Kong, lawyers can be briefly divided into two categories according to the characteristics of their practice, namely barristers and solicitors.

In daily life, lawyers are referred to as lawyers for short, and they mostly deal with legal affairs such as divorce and real estate sales; barristers pay more attention to appearing in court for defense.

Unlike the Hong Kong Bar Association, which has long been dominated by foreigners and the opposition, the Hong Kong Law Society is less politically charged.

In August last year, the Hong Kong Law Society elected five directors.

In January this year, SC Du Gankun was elected chairman of the Bar, succeeding the much-questioned Xia Boyi.