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HKFP reports
Hong Kong’s chief executive – not the city’s courts – should have the “greatest weight” in national security matters, the government has said as it seeks to challenge the High Court’s refusal to ban the pro-democracy song Glory to Hong Kong.
In a court document draft uploaded on Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) criticised the High Court for denying it an injunction last month that would effectively ban Glory to Hong Kong. The song, which was composed during the 2019 protests and unrest, has been described by the government as pro-independence.
The document set out the DoJ’s reasons for asking the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal against the High Court’s decision.
As the leader accountable to the central government for national security affairs, the chairperson of the city’s national security committee, and the head of Hong Kong, the chief executive should have the “greatest weight and deference in national security matters,” the DoJ wrote in the document.
It said High Court judge Anthony Chan had “erred in failing” to “give any or sufficient deference to the executive’s assessment on the necessity, effectiveness and utility” of the injunction it was seeking.
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