Chief Executive of Hong Kong condemns British judge’s resignation | BBC News

A high-profile British judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court last week has warned the city is “slowly becoming a totalitarian state” and judges are being compromised by an “impossible political environment created by China”. Lord Sumption’s comments on Monday came as a third senior foreign judge in the past week resigned from the Court of Final Appeal. Hong Kong’s government said it "strongly disapproves" of Lord Sumption's opinions, calling them a "betrayal against Hong Kong's judges". It highlighted remarks from the other leaving judges who said they still believed in the independence of the courts. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #HongKong #BBCNews