Police Raid Would Be Based On Evidence: Alice Mak

Federation of Trade Unions lawmaker Alice Mak said on Monday that she trusts that the police search on Apple Daily headquarters would be based on a legal basis and sufficient evidence.

The pro-establishment lawmaker said government departments take action only if there are strong legal grounds for it.

“In Hong Kong, we respect the rule of law. Any government department, when they do anything, take any action, there will be a strong basis of legal background,” she said.

“I trust the police would have considered sufficient evidence and legal basis for them to carry out any necessary actions. And I hope we would deal with this in a more objective and reasonable way,” said Mak.

But culture and publication sector lawmaker, Ma Fung-kwok, didn’t make any comments, saying he was not aware of the details of the police action.

“I really don’t know what had happened. So how can I comment?” said Ma when asked for a reaction on the events.

The pro-government legislator said he needed more time to find out more before he could comment.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party issued a statement slamming the arrest of media members under the national security law.

The party said it believes that freedom of press and speech guaranteed under the Basic law was now at stake.