UK Baroness Warns of CCP’s ‘Long Arm’ in Hong Kong Following Judges’ Withdrawal

Foreign investors are likely to reconsider their investments amid questions about the rule of law, civil rights advocate Baroness Kennedy said.

Police stand guard as a prison van arrives at High Court on the first day of trial of Tong Ying-kit, the first person charged under a new national security law, in Hong Kong, on June 23, 2021. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

British Judge Lord Sumption’s resignation from Hong Kong’s top court will raise concerns about the state of the rule of law in Hong Kong and may discourage foreign investors, said civil rights lawyer and human rights activist Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws.

“Any company or investors with financial interests must be thinking twice about their assets,” Baroness Kennedy said in an email to the Epoch Times last week.