{"id":84931,"date":"2016-03-14T14:38:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T06:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=84931"},"modified":"2016-03-30T09:47:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T01:47:46","slug":"dont-go-to-beijing-for-help-on-torture-claims-abuse-rao-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/dont-go-to-beijing-for-help-on-torture-claims-abuse-rao-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Go To Beijing For Help On Torture Claims Abuse, Rao Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n<p>One day after former security minister Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong made an open appeal in Beijing for Hong Kong to ask the central government to help the city pull out from an international torture convention, a mainland Basic Law expert, Rao Geping (\u9952\u6208\u5e73), swiftly killed the idea. In remarks amounted to a slap on the face of Lee, Rao said the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is an international treaty ratified by the nation. Hong Kong, he said, is not entitled to the right to have a say. Three thoughts about the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>See article at:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'PT Serif', Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2016\/03\/14\/dont-go-to-beijing-for-help-on-torture-claims-abuse-rao-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2016\/03\/14\/dont-go-to-beijing-for-help-on-torture-claims-abuse-rao-says\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":84932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cy0314.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-m5R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84270,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/lee-po-case-causes-more-harm-than-mong-kok-unrest\/","url_meta":{"origin":84931,"position":0},"title":"Lee Po case causes more harm than Mong Kok unrest","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"March 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Lee Po case cau","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\u5c08\u6b04&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\u5c08\u6b04","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/category\/column\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PICBookstore1-777x437.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":86524,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/beijing-speaks-loud-against-hk-independence-but-silent-on-article-23\/","url_meta":{"origin":84931,"position":1},"title":"Beijing speaks loud against HK independence, but silent on Article 23","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"April 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 By Chris Y","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chris Yeung&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chris Yeung","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/category\/column\/chris-yeung\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cy0401.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":95778,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/all-eyes-are-on-the-upcoming-legislative-council-election\/","url_meta":{"origin":84931,"position":2},"title":"All eyes are on the upcoming Legislative Council election","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"July 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By Chris Yeung - All eyes are on the upcoming Legislative Council election scheduled for September 4. 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