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UK judges quit Hong Kong court, citing lost freedoms

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Hong Kong | The president of Britain’s Supreme Court says he and a colleague are stepping down from their roles on Hong Kong’s highest court because the administration of the Chinese territory has “departed from values of political freedom and freedom of expression”.

Their resignations will heighten scrutiny of Hong Kong’s British-style legal system, which the former British colony kept even after it returned to Chinese control in 1997.

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