Elsie Leung

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Elsie Leung.

Elsie Leung Oi- sie ( Chinese  梁愛詩  /  梁爱诗 , Pinyin Liáng Aìshī , Jyutping Loeng 4 Oi 3 si 1 ; born April 24, 1939 in British Hong Kong ) is a Hong Kong politician and lawyer . From 1997 to 2005 she was the first Secretary of State for Justice in Hong Kong.

Life

Leung was in 1939 in Hong Kong in a family of Nanhai (City Foshan born). She attended Chung Wah Middle School , a left-wing school that was later closed by the government, as well as Sacred Heart Canossian College and Hong Kong University . Leung earned the Law Society Qualifying Examinations in 1967 and an LL.M. from Hong Kong University in 1988 . She was the chair of the International Federation of Women Lawyers .

Leung acquired the title of Solicitor in 1967 and worked as such from 1968. She was a partner in the law firms PH Sin & Co. and Iu, Lai & Li Solicitors and worked primarily in the field of family law. Leung has served on several boards of directors and committees including the Independent Police Complaints Council, Equal Opportunities Commission, Social Welfare Advisory Committee and Inland Revenue Board of Review. She was also a volunteer legal advisor for several non-governmental organizations.

Political career

Leung was a founding member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB). She was appointed delegate to the Guangdong People's Congress in 1989 , delegate to the 8th National People's Congress in 1993 and Hong Kong Affairs Advisor . Shortly before the return of Hong Kong to China, Leung advised the Chief Executive Designate of Hong Kong on legal matters relating to the creation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

As State Secretary for Justice

On July 1, 1997, Leung became the first Hong Kong Secretary of State for Justice to succeed Attorney General Jeremy Mathews . She also became chief legal counsel for the chief executive and an unofficial member of the executive board . She headed the Ministry of Justice , which at the time employed more than 1,000 civil servants, including 290 lawyers.

Leung currently chairs the Law Reform Committee, the Bilingual Legal System Committee and the Lawyers' Liaison Committee, and is also a member of numerous committees, including the Crime Prevention Committee and the Operational Analysis Committee of the Independent Committee against Corruption.

In July 2002 Leung was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal for her "extraordinary civil service" and her "important contributions to maintaining the successful implementation of the new constitution under the concept of" one country, two systems "". However, she withdrew in October 2005.

controversy

Leung was embroiled in a controversy in 1999 when, as Secretary of State for Justice, she refused to sue businesswoman Sally Aw for fraud in the circulation of The Standard . The Hong Kong Bar Association accused her of being "negligent" in handling the case for failing to ensure that justice was carried out. The Democratic Party and the Liberal Party supported Margaret Ng's motion of censure . However, during the vote in the Legislative Council , the Liberal Party opposed lobbying by the government. She accused the Tung administration of putting pressure on her to aid Leung. The Liberals abstained from the vote, and Party Deputy Leader Ronald Arculli staged a strike.

The Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor backed calls for Leung to resign after her apparent bias on multiple cases related to China, in addition to her non-criminal prosecution of Sally Aw. The incidents listed by the group included:

  • Failure to prosecute Xinhua News Agency for violating data protection regulation;
  • Failure to press for the verdict of notorious criminal Cheung Tze-keung and the accused perpetrator of the multiple Telford Garden murders ;
  • Exerting pressure on the Court of Final Appeal so that it clarifies its judgment on the question of the right to stay;
  • Leung's private contacts with Chief Justice Andrew Li prior to the verdict being resolved.

However, the Hong Kong government showed full confidence in Leung, stating that it had acted in full compliance with the Basic Law and Justice Department's law enforcement policies in all of the above.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stan Hok-Wui Wong: Electoral Politics in post-1997 Hong Kong: Protest, patronage, and the Media . Springer, Singapore 2015, ISBN 978-981-287-386-6 , pp. 100 (English).
  2. ^ Sacred Heart Canossian College Alumnae. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 17, 2008 ; accessed on February 13, 2020 (English).
  3. ^ A b Growing with Hong Kong: The University and Its Graduates: The First 90 Years . Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong 2002, pp. 135 (English).
  4. ^ Cliff Buddle: Bar takes swipe at Justice Secretary. (No longer available online.) In: The Standard . March 6, 1999, archived from the original on May 22, 2011 ; accessed on July 28, 2008 (English).
  5. ↑ Cheung Chi-fai: Clamor grows for Leung to resign. (No longer available online.) In: The Standard. February 7, 1999, archived from the original on May 22, 2011 ; accessed on July 28, 2008 (English).
  6. ↑ Chris Yeung: Liberal leader aghast at way Tung's team solicited votes. (No longer available online.) In: The Standard. March 17, 1999, archived from the original on May 22, 2011 ; accessed on July 28, 2008 (English).
  7. ↑ Mandy Luk: Rights call to remove Leung. (No longer available online.) In: The Standard. March 8, 1999, archived from the original on May 22, 2011 ; accessed on August 28, 2008 .
personal data
SURNAME Leung, Elsie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 梁愛詩 (Chinese, traditional); 梁爱诗 (Chinese, simplified)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hong Kong politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH British Hong Kong