NPC Overrules Hong Kong

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Hong Sok Hour was found guilty of falsifying public documents, using to have kidnapped fake documents and inciting chaos. P12 More on backpage German, killed woman 08.11.2016 tue th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO editorial Paulo Coutinho SAR OVERRULED LECTED lawmakers Yau Wai-ching’s Eand Sixtus Leung’s mockery oaths, three weeks ago, were ruled invalid by the Legislative Council, and subsequent attempts have resulted in mayhem in Le- gCo’s weekly sessions. The government had no choice but to take the case to the Hong Kong courts. From then on, inflamed detractors of Scott Chiang Larry So the two young localists awoken to politi- Daniel Beitler cs by the Occupy Central movement, like REACTIONS TO THE NPC RULING tens of thousands of others, labeled them OMMENTING on kids, idiots, fools, puppets, whatever - CBeijing’s decision they all sounded like the People’s Daily to prevent Hong Kong Chiang: SAR autonomy on a good day. lawmakers from taking Usually, in authoritarian regimes such office, New Macau Asso- is being reduced as China the first effort the establish- ciation president Scott ment makes is to discredit dissenting Chiang said that the wor- voices, while intimidating all the others rying development was tanding that the Central Officials, President of the ment, noting that although by example: is this what you want to be?; another sign that “the Government will take this Court of Final Appeal and Beijing will be watching the is this what you want your children to be- breathing space for both sort of action,” he said. Procurator-General of the election closely, the Central come? Then when the hordes see them SARs is becoming smaller When asked whether he Macao Special Adminis- Government is generally as “outcasts”, comes the fatal blow – the and smaller.” found the conduct of the trative Region must swear more comfortable with the punishment – as happened yesterday Voicing his personal opi- lawmakers disrespectful, allegiance to the People’s state of Macau politics. when Li Fei, deputy secretary general of nion rather than speaking So replied: “This incident is Republic of China.” Other “In Macau we claim to the National People’s Congress Standing on behalf of the associa- very disrespectful. The way officials – such as legisla- have more ‘harmony’, but Committee, labeled them as “traitors”. tion, Chiang expressed that they [the lawmakers] tors – are required by Ar- in Hong Kong they have “All traitors who sell out our country will concern with the decision, have behaved is beyond our ticle 101 to take an oath of forgotten the word com- never meet good ends,” Li said making it claiming that “Beijing expectations and beyond allegiance to the MSAR. pletely,” said So. sound like a real threat, and rightly so be- does not play according to respect… especially for the Both Scott Chiang and Nevertheless, he added, the rules of the game.” older generation.” Larry So see the possibility “Beijing is sending a mes- cause the punishment the state serves a Scholar and current af- “You should be serious of copycat legislators emer- sage to Macau with their “traitor” is the capital sentence. fairs commentator Larry if you are running for the ging in Macau during next actions in Hong Kong.” The NPC’s ruling barring two legally So told the Times he was legislature […] I don’t year’s legislative elections “We could have some elected separatist lawmakers from taking “not one bit surprised” approve of this behavior,” as very slim. Chiang said it sort of copycat [legislative office was seen as Beijing’s rhetoric about the decision. added the scholar. would be unlikely as “not a candidates] next year, but against emergent separatist movements “Once the interpretation According to Article 102 lot of people in Macau are I am quite sure that they in the sister SAR, but is a gross inter- [from Beijing] is reques- in Macau’s Basic Law, “the opposed to Beijing.” will not be elected.” [see ference in internal Hong Kong politics. ted, it is common unders- Chief Executive, principal So agreed with this senti- page 10-11] What stands is that China overruled the SAR judicial autonomy with the ever- zealous helping hand of CY Leung: duly who had allegedly been coercing noted. South Korea scandal may have conglomerates to donate money to That being so, by-elections will be called the newly-established MI-R Foun- to fill the two vacant seats at the Legisla- begun with Macau card game dation. tive Council. Left-leaning newspaper Hankyo- According to experts quoted by AP, the reh later uncovered the final piece NPC made no clear ruling on whether the HE Washington Post has pub- was not before the executive ente- of the puzzle: the link between the two could run again for their original sea- Tlished an article claiming that red into a legal dispute with his own MI-R Foundation and Choi Soon- ts. the ongoing corruption scandal attorney, during which another se- sil – now the center of the scandal If that is so, and if they should both win involving South Korean president rious act of corruption within the – who is the daughter of cult leader the elections again, the mockery will be Park Geun-hye began with the ar- country was uncovered. Choi Tae-min and the foundation’s no more. The fools will be on the wrong rest of the chief executive of a Sou- The revelation, according to the alleged de-facto owner. side of history. th Korean cosmetics company, who Washington Post, set in motion a “Park Geun-hye and Choi Tae- If that happens, the two young and re- was caught gambling in Macau in series of investigations disclosing min’s strange relationship was an bellious lawmakers-elect will have done November last year. just how widespread these “typi- open secret in South Korea but had more good to Hong Kong society in a few Gambling is illegal for nationals of cally South Korea act[s] of corrup- never been investigated,” notes the days than a thousand charities in a lifeti- South Korea – even abroad – and is tion” really are. Washington Post report. me. Remember Martin Lee’s wise words punishable with prison time. In time, the investigations, It concludes that a seemingly insig- in the 1997 handover days? How can I Chung Woon-ho, the chief execu- spearheaded by reports from Sou- nificant card game at a table in Ma- tive of South Korean company Na- th Korean daily Chosun Ilbo, clo- cau has blossomed into South Ko- be (totally) happy if we are returning to ture Republic, was ultimately found sed in on the country’s president. rea’s most extensive and damaging a place we ran away from some 40 years guilty of gambling and sentenced They included a senior secretary political scandal since the country’s ago?! to a year in prison. However, that to Park Geun-hye, An Chong-bum, democratization in 1987. 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