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The Pulse：CE Q&A, Review of Legco year, "709 crackdown" & discussion with John Clancey of China Huma

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The Legco year is coming to an end and in September lawmakers are up for election. On Thursday, the Chief Executive addressed legislators’ questions. For some, it was their last chance in the chamber to try and get Leung Chun-ying to address their questions. Pan democrats repeatedly asked Mr Leung Chun-ying about whether he’d been involved in the recent controversial removal of the top investigator at the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
This weekend marks the opening of the nomination period for the September Legco election. While Hong Kong’s political groups have been busy working out strategies for fielding candidates, a few lawmakers have opted not to run. It’s been a year that has seen more adjournments than any other due to filibustering and frequent lacks of quorums because the required number of lawmakers simply were not in the chamber.
Last Saturday was the anniversary of the “709 crackdown”. A year ago, on 9th July, over 300 lawyers, law firm staff, human rights activists, and their family members were rounded up in a manner unprecedented even for mainland China. One year on, many remain in detention. Last month, over 50 mainland lawyers issued a joint declaration condemning the Tianjin police for the way they handled their cases. Last week, a new documentary was released, highlighting the struggles faced by the human rights lawyers’ wives and their children. With us in the studio is John Clancey of the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group.
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