Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal made the final decision on the Emergency Law and the “No Masking Law”, the Hong Kong government has been straight.
The government suddenly used the Emergency Law in October last year to enact the “No Masking Law”, prohibiting people from masking during the march, triggering widespread controversy, questioning the exploitation of the public’s right to assembly. 20-odd democrats filed a judicial review, questioning the legality and constitutionality of the Emergency Law and the “No Masking Law”.
The Court of First Instance ruled in November last year that the “No Masking Law” was not legally valid, and the government filed an appeal in April this year. The Court of Final Appeal issued its judgment on Monday, ruling that the government’s appeal was successful, i.e., that the Emergency Law was used to establish the constitutionality of the Prohibition of Masking Law, and that the provisions of the Prohibition of Masking Law itself were constitutional. In other words, the final court ruled that the restriction on masking at peaceful gatherings was not unconstitutional and could continue to be enforced.
However, during the demonstrations that lasted for more than a year, the Hong Kong police continued to cover their faces while on duty, and the public questioned whether “only the state officials are allowed to set fire to the city, but not the people are allowed to light a lamp”; and the Hong Kong government also issued a “mask order” under the epidemic, and violators can be fined HK$5,000, which made the public wonder “wearing and violating the No Masking Law, not wearing and violating the ‘mask order'”.
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