The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Ms Florinda Chan, has met with a delegation led by Hong Kong’s Secretary for Justice, Mr Rimsky Yuen, and Secretary for Security, Mr Lai Tung-kwok today, to discuss mutual legal assistance and subsequent follow-up work.

Macao and Hong Kong have been achieving good progress in arrangements for the surrender of fugitive offenders and mutual legal assistance. The expert team is currently revising and rationalising the texts of the agreements and will continue to exchange views on relevant matters.

At present, the two special administrative regions are implementing two mutual legal assistance agreements related to criminal cases and civil cases -- the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement that came into force in 2005, and the Arrangements Concerning Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards that came into force in 2013.

The meeting was held at the Government Headquarters and Macao officials who attended included Assistant Prosecutor, Mr Ma Iek; Acting Chief of Office of the Secretariat for Administration and Justice, Ms Ku Mei Leng; Director of Law Reform and International Law Bureau, Ms Chu Lam Lam; Advisor to the President’s Office of the Court of Final Appeal, Mr Chen Li Cheng; and Advisor to the Office of the Secretary for Security, Mr Ho Chi Un.