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Rights Lawyers Hit With Disbarment, Video Leak

Rights lawyer and former “Black Friday” detainee Sui Muqing has been stripped of his law license as punishment for his role in two politically sensitive cases, Hong Kong Free Press’ Catherine Lai reports: Sui told HKFP on Tuesday: “I’m afraid the reason is that I’ve represented clients in too many human rights cases – the things I’ve said about my cases cannot be tolerated by the party.” […] Sui was given a notice by the Guangdong Department of Justice that