Hong Kong’s No. 1 Bad Law?

Someone posted a thread online saying contempt of court was “Hong Kong’s No. 1 Bad Law”. 

He went on that people criticizing a court’s judgement could be charged with this offence and thus suppressing freedom of speech. Obviously he was referring to the recent criticisms against Chief Justice Ma for his so called “lenient” judgement.

I challenged him to give examples of people charged for criticizing a court’s judgement; he cited cases concerning newspapers and editors prosecuted for divulging details of cases while on hearing. I replied that it’s another kind of contempt of court, and not that he was referring to.

Instead of letting debates continue, the website administration allowed him to blacklist me from further posting despite the fact that I did not contravene any of the website’s rules.

This is exactly what Donald Trump has tried to block opposing voices on his own twitter. He was ruled by a US court for violating The First Amendment.

Actually Article 27 of the Basic Law says:

“HK residents shall have freedom of speech, of the press and of publication…” 

However, most HK residents neutral on politics would be reluctant to invoke Article 27.

So what can I do? 

At least I can bring the matter to the attention of media, including foreign media as some of them are interested in HK’s affairs on human rights which include freedom of speech and expression

It is also hoped to draw the attention of advertisers and their associations, website grading and assessment organizations, on freedom of speech and expression on Hong Kong websites, and how a website restricting freedom of speech with political bias.