Liaison Office Condemns Judge Death Threat

Beijing's Liaison office in Hong Kong has condemned a death threat made against a chief magistrate and his family last week.

A spokesman said any behaviour that blatantly challenges the bottom line of the law cannot be tolerated.

The office accused radicals of threatening local judges in a bid to affect their judgments in future cases. It said this in itself was a blatant challenge to the national security law.

Chief Magistrate Victor So reportedly received the death threat on Thursday, shortly after he denied bail to the media tycoon Jimmy Lai in a fraud case.

So is also one of six magistrates hand-picked by Chief Executive Carrie Lam to handle national security cases.

The Bar Association and the Law Society also condemned the threats against So.

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