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The SCMP reports
Hong Kong Bar Association’s former chief Paul Harris meets national security police to ‘assist with investigation’
- Harris went to police headquarters by appointment on Tuesday and gave a statement under caution, source says, adding no arrest was made
- Veteran lawyer previously wanted the government to amend national security law, concerned that some of its provisions were at odds with rights under Basic Law
Paul Harris, the former chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, has met national security police to assist with an investigation, the Post has learned.
The senior counsel arrived at police headquarters in Wan Chai at about 11am on Tuesday and was accompanied by two men.
A police source said Harris went to the headquarters by appointment and gave a statement under caution to the National Security Department.
The Hong Kong Free Press write
The former chairperson of the Hong Kong Bar Association has reportedly met with officers from the national security law department.
Prominent human rights lawyer Paul Harris arrived at police headquarters in Wan Chai at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, according to local media. He was reportedly asked to assist with a national security investigation. According to some outlets, Harris was given a warning over an alleged breach of the national security law.
He left at around 1 p.m., Sing Tao reported. He did not respond to questions, and there was no answer at his law firm, Denis Chang’s Chambers.
In response to an enquiry from HKFP, the Force said: “In conducting any operation, Police act on the basis of actual circumstances and according to the law. Police do not comment on individual cases.”
HKFP has also reached out to Harris and Denis Chang’s Chambers.
