China News Agency, Hong Kong, March 30. The Hong Kong SAR government said on the 30th that it strongly opposes the British Parliament's unfounded accusations against the Hong Kong National Security Law and Hong Kong's legal system.

　　"We absolutely do not agree with the absurd and misleading allegations against the Hong Kong National Security Law and the Hong Kong legal system." A spokesman for the SAR government said that the promulgation of the Hong Kong National Security Law is a legitimate exercise of national sovereignty and is in line with the international practice of safeguarding national security.

It is surprising that some politicians have deliberately denigrated with double standards and made baseless accusations.

　　The spokesman pointed out that the debate that will be held in the British Parliament is likely to affect the resignation of two current British judges, which is a clear evidence that the judges of the independent judiciary are under external political pressure.

Such a situation cannot and will not occur in Hong Kong. Article 85 of the Hong Kong Basic Law stipulates that the courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall conduct trials independently without any interference.

　　The spokesman said that Hong Kong's judicial independence remains rock solid after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.

Hong Kong welcomes outstanding judges from other common law jurisdictions as non-permanent judges, but their departure will in no way affect Hong Kong's judicial independence.

　　The spokesman stressed that Hong Kong is part of China and Hong Kong affairs are purely the internal affairs of the country.

The SAR government strongly urges foreign politicians to respect China's exercise of sovereignty and immediately stop violating international law based on misunderstanding or even political bias.

　　It is reported that the British House of Commons will discuss whether to continue to send judges to Hong Kong to serve as non-permanent judges of the Court of Final Appeal, and the British Supreme Court has announced that the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Way Yande and Vice President He Zhiyi, will resign as non-permanent judges of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.

　　The Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Zheng Ruohua, said in a blog post that after the promulgation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, some people have made some unfair criticisms of the practice of setting up a list of designated judges to deal with crimes endangering national security, and some people even falsely claimed that the administrative The chief may hand-pick judges to hear national security cases.

These allegations are not only baseless, but also inconsistent with the facts.

　　Cheng Ruohua pointed out that the appointment of judges by the Chief Executive is merely to draw up a list of designated judges to be responsible for cases involving national security.

All along, the scheduling and handling of cases, as well as which judge or judges are assigned to handle cases, are all judicial functions independently exercised by the judiciary.

It is not uncommon for courts to designate dedicated judges to deal with specific areas of law.

　　Zheng Ruohua believes that by arranging special judges who are familiar with specific legal areas, it will help to improve the chances of achieving the predictability and certainty of the law, and at the same time reduce the risk of wrong application of the law.

All in all, this arrangement is conducive to the rule of law.

She said that the constitutional cornerstone of support for judicial independence will not be shaken, and Hong Kong's judicial system will continue to remain robust.

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