Around 60 have returned home to Portugal or taken up other work, cutting number of registered lawyers to just over 440, says association president Vong Hin Fai.
Jorge Neto Valente
Jorge Neto Valente says freedom of speech, which includes the right to think differently, is guaranteed in the Basic Law.
Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) President Jorge Neto Valente told reporters on Tuesday that he “regrets” the Judicial Council’s statement on Monday about him, claiming that the general public were not “stupid” and “people [could] see” that what Court of Final Appeal (TUI) President Sam Hou Fai said last month was “not allowed by law”.
The Judicial Council, which oversees the management and discipline of judges, public prosecutors and judicial support staff, on Monday accused the president of the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM), Jorge Neto Valente, of harming the image of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI), its president Sam Hou Fai and all the personnel of the Judiciary.
Valente: The local government “must now promote and support the development of Macau, with the necessary material resources, as an arbitration and mediation center.”
Seven people were taken in for questioning at a police station Monday night for acting suspiciously at Largo do Senado.
Most members of the Macau Lawyers Association are opposed to the idea of reactivating an agreement between the association and its counterpart in Portugal allowing lawyers registered there to work in Macau without taking a local examination.
The Court of First Instance (TJB) has rejected a request by prominent lawyer Jorge Neto Valente to hold the high-profile trial of six pimping suspects behind closed doors. Valente, who heads the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM), made the request on Friday, the first day of the trial, on behalf of his client Alan Ho Yau […]
