Hong Kong SAR China
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- limited presidential democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- March 1990, approved by the National People's Congress of China
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the Chinese model and English common law,
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Legislative Council
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Final Court of Appeal
RELIGIONS
Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian majorities
From the country
- JANUARY 8, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had...
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had been transporting bibles into China as cover for secretly importing banned booklets associated with an "evil cult"
- JANUARY 7, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China should halt the execution of Hong Kong residents...
China should halt the execution of Hong Kong residents convicted of capital offences, an alliance of civic groups fighting the mainland's death penalty said in a petition presented to the SAR [Special Administrative Region] Security Bureau
- JANUARY 6, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy,...
The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, said that a Hong Kong man Lai Kwon-Keung, 38, faces the death penalty in China for allegedly smuggling thousands of Bibles across the border to an outlawed Christian group
- JANUARY 1, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 23 Hong Kong residents were either executed...
A total of 23 Hong Kong residents were either executed or sentenced to death in mainland China in 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's...
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993
- DECEMBER 26, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord...
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord and his four associates to death following what is said to be the world's largest haul of "ice," local reports said
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Thirteen Hong Kong people arrested over what is believed...
Thirteen Hong Kong people arrested over what is believed to be a world record seizure of almost 17 tonnes of the drug "ice" are facing the death penalty in a trial that starts on September 11 in Shenzhen
- JULY 23, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong woman was sentenced to death by Thailand's...
A Hong Kong woman was sentenced to death by Thailand's main criminal court for trafficking in 6
- JUNE 26, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced...
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced judgment on numerous cases and sentenced to death several drug traffickers
- APRIL 18, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lee Yuan-kuang, 47, a Hong Kong Chinese was executed...
Lee Yuan-kuang, 47, a Hong Kong Chinese was executed in Thailand for drug
- MARCH 20, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will...
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow the administrations of Indonesia and Hong Kong to surrender fugitives pursued by each country
- JANUARY 5, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Guangqiang, a Hong Kong businessman who smuggled...
Li Guangqiang, a Hong Kong businessman who smuggled 33,000 bibles to China in 2000, may face the death penalty for practicing unauthorized religious worship, the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said