Hong Kong chief says resignation of UK judges is ‘political’

A general view shows the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong (AP)

Hong Kong’s leader has rejected claims that the city’s judiciary is losing its independence after two British judges resigned from the courts in the semi-autonomous territory, citing increasingly oppressive laws enacted by mainland China.

Chief executive Carrie Lam said she accepted the resignations announced on Wednesday, but insisted that “the rule of law has remained as robust as ever”.