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The department’s statement was issued after American lawyer Samuel Bickett – who was jailed in 2021 over assaulting a police officer during the 2019 extradition bill protests and unrest – said on social media site X that Chan had resigned from the DoJ.
A former Hong Kong prosecutor resigned from her position before being named as a target of US sanctions last November, the city’s Department of Justice (DoJ) has said.
“The DoJ usually does not comment on movement of individual officers, however, in order to set the record straight, the DoJ would like to point out that the officer concerned had submitted the resignation in September last year,” a statement issued on Saturday read.
Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Alice Chan, the prosecutor in question, was named last November in a bill to sanction 49 Hong Kong judges, prosecutors, and government officials “accountable for human rights violations.”
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Ex-prosecutor resigned before being named as US sanctions target, Hong Kong justice department says
