Thread by @XinqiSu

Mainland lawyer Lu Siwei working on the case of #12HKers issued a new legal opinions, saying:

1) He expects the Shenzhen prosecutors not to extend detention for investigation beyond the 2 months' limit

2) He expects the 2 underaged among the 12 won't be prosecuted as...

...the prosecutors are allowed by China's laws not to and it fulfils international conventions

3) He suggests that families have rights to information, communications and meetings, and they may ask HK's delegates to Beijing to discharge their duties...

...by demanding Yantian authorities to correct their wrongs via the Ministry of Public Security and the Supreme People's Procuratorate

At the end of his opinion, Lu wrote:

"The 8.23 illegal border crossing case is nothing more than a very ordinary case. However...

...against the background of macro history, it's seemingly evolving into one of the most influential and controversial cases between Hong Kong and mainland China since 1997.

Every one of us is living in the swirling currents of our times and therefore...

...feeling more or less helpless. However, we defence lawyers shall face all these unperturbedly in the name of rule of law.

At such a difficult moment, all the defence lawyers would uphold our faith in rule of law...

...and stand firmly with the families, holding their hands, accompanying them through the toughest time in their life."