By Chris Yeung
One day after former security minister Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong made an open appeal in Beijing for Hong Kong to ask the central government to help the city pull out from an international torture convention, a mainland Basic Law expert, Rao Geping (饒戈平), swiftly killed the idea. In remarks amounted to a slap on the face of Lee, Rao said the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is an international treaty ratified by the nation. Hong Kong, he said, is not entitled to the right to have a say. Three thoughts about the controversy.
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http://www.vohk.hk/2016/03/14/dont-go-to-beijing-for-help-on-torture-claims-abuse-rao-says/
