British judge cleared way for jailing of rebel Hong Kong MP

British judges in Hong Kong have made it possible to jail prominent pro-democracy activists. Top row, left to right: Lord Sumption, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe and Lord Reed of Allermuir. Second row, left to right: Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Collins of Mapesbury and Lord Hodge
British judges in Hong Kong have made it possible to jail prominent pro-democracy activists. Top row, left to right: Lord Sumption, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe and Lord Reed of Allermuir. Second row, left to right: Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Collins of Mapesbury and Lord Hodge

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/storm-eunice-tracker-56hhjwr2m A Hong Kong court relied on a ruling by the UK’s most senior judge to justify jailing a former pro-democracy member of the territory’s parliament.

The imprisonment of Fernando Cheung this month, which commentators said was made possible by a ruling involving the president of the Supreme Court, has reignited calls for the eight UK judges who sit on Hong Kong’s highest bench to resign.

A former Tory cabinet minister said the judges were in danger of being “used as a fig leaf for an oppressive regime”. Another Tory MP called them “useful idiots”.

Cheung, 64, a former Labour Party member of the Hong Kong legislative council, known as LegCo, was jailed for three weeks after pleading guilty to charges of contempt. He had chanted