The actions of certain lawyers were a key reason why the months-long 2019 violent insurgency in Hong Kong hit the community so hard. But while a worrying number of barristers became hyper-politicized, the city's body of solicitors worked hard to keep the boat steady. Their professionalism deserves to be recognized, says Grenville Cross. …
In Hong Kong's nightmarish 2019 insurgency, the once-respected Hong Kong Bar Association became a powerful anti-China group, thanks to politicized leaders - and connections with a notorious CIA front organization called the NED. Finally the group has returned to doing what it used to do so well: world class law. Grenville Cross reports.
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