​是谁在从陈同佳案的政治化中获益？

是谁在从陈同佳案的政治化中获益？

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DPP eyes political gains from murder case

Chan Tong-kai was released from prison Wednesday. He apologized for killing his girlfriend and reiterated his willingness to go to Taiwan to surrender. Just before he was discharged, the Taiwan authorities who had publicly refused to accept him suddenly changed their stance and announced that they would send their law enforcement officers to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) to escort Chan to the island of Taiwan for trial.

陈同佳周三出狱了。他就杀害女友表示道歉，并且再次表示愿意去台湾自首。就在他出狱前，曾公开表示拒绝接收他的台湾当局突然改变立场，宣布要派检警赴港将陈同佳押解到台湾受审。

However, since the Taiwan law enforcement agents have no right to enforce law in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong SAR government rejected its request. It was a murder case based on clear evidence, but has become complicated. Although Chan has been wanted in Taiwan and the suspect is willing to surrender, he cannot be tried in Taiwan. It is absurd.

然而由于台湾检警无权在香港执法，香港特区政府又拒绝了台湾检警入港押解陈同佳的要求。本来是一件基本事实挺清楚的杀人案，现如今却变得如此复杂。台湾有通缉令，案犯陈同佳也愿意自首，但他却求审判而不得，真是咄咄怪事。

Too many political elements are involved in this case. The Hong Kong SAR government proposed the extradition bill following this murder case, but the incident was turned into a bigger movement by the Hong Kong opposition, severely deviating from the original intention. Now, there is even no suitable place to put Chan on trial.

根本原因是政治太多了。台湾士林地检署去年发出对陈同佳的通缉令时，就是要把他缉拿归案，目的是单纯的。港府受此案的触动，提出修订《逃犯条例》，建立香港与内地、台湾和澳门之间逃犯引渡关系，目的也是单纯的。但是香港反对派大闹起来，让事情严重远离了原点。陈同佳案竟也“曾经沧海难为水”，找不到一间安静的审判室了。

Between the Hong Kong and Taiwan governments, which side is the one politicizing the case? The answer is clear from which side is benefiting from causing political turbulence since the start of the anti-extradition bill movement. Hong Kong suffered a series of political consequences from the fallout of Chan's case, while Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority has gained politically.

那么单就港府与台湾当局的冲突来看，谁是那个“使劲搞政治”的一方呢？我们认为应当看看谁是“反修例”运动以来政治狂潮的受益方，因为只有受益者才会接着把陈同佳案往政治轨道上推。这样一看就非常清楚了。虽然港府和台湾当局“公说公有理婆说婆有理”，但港府因为陈同佳案“扇动蝴蝶翅膀”引出的一系列政治后果亏惨了，而台湾民进党当局却在政治上赚得钵满盆盈。

How Chan's case will proceed may not help the Hong Kong government cope with the current situation, but how to expand the positive factors from Chan's case would be a "major decision" for the DPP as next year's election is approaching.

从利益角度看，陈同佳案怎么了结对港府应对当前局势都没什么帮助，但对正在全速运转拼几个月后就将到来的“总统选举”的台当局来说，如何扩大陈同佳案带给他们的链式政治利好，防止出现逆转，就是“重大抉择”了。

Chan would be a free man in Hong Kong after being released from prison, but he is willing to surrender in Taiwan. Therefore, the case will return to Taiwan's jurisdiction if Taiwan prosecutors arrest him at the airport. The first reaction of the Taiwan authorities, however, was that they could not receive Chan, claiming that his surrender was manipulated.

本来陈同佳出狱后，在香港就是自由人了。他愿意赴台自首，买一张机票去台湾，台湾检方在机场将他逮捕，事情就重回台湾的司法管辖范围内了。但是台当局的第一反应是不能接收陈同佳，宣称他是“被自首”。这种说法太粗糙，漏洞百出，蔡英文当局迅速在台遭到炮轰。

The Tsai Ing-wen authorities later completely reversed their decision, throwing out a plan to dispatch Taiwan's law enforcement officers to Hong Kong to arrest and escort Chan back.

情急之下，蔡当局又180度大转弯，抛出派台湾检警赴港押解陈同佳回台的方案。

Nevertheless, it would not be hard to see that this is another trick being played by the Taiwan government, which is scheming to claim its "sovereignty" by carrying out law enforcement in Hong Kong.

但明眼人一眼就能看出，这是台当局用入港执法来宣誓其“主权”的新花招。

Even Chinese mainland police face legal obstacles related to Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy if they want to detain fugitives in Hong Kong and bring them to the mainland for trial. How could Taiwan law enforcement agents have no legal problems when they want to go to Hong Kong to enforce the law and take suspects away?

连中国内地派警察去香港羁押逃犯回内地受审都面临与香港高度自治有关的法律障碍，台湾警察要去香港执法并带走嫌犯又如何没有法律问题呢？

The Hong Kong government promoted the extradition bill to establish a legal framework and resolve the institutional obstacles to the extradition of fugitives. Unfortunately, the bill ended up causing widespread turmoil in Hong Kong.

其实港府推动修订《逃犯条例》，就是要给引渡逃犯制定一个法律框架，解决引渡逃犯的机制性障碍。很可惜，不仅新《逃犯条例》胎死腹中，而且香港陷入全面动荡。

In the process, the Taiwan authorities have not only aggravated the "anti-extradition bill" movement, but have taken advantage of the incident for winning more votes for Tsai and DPP that adopt a radical political line.

在这个过程中，台湾当局不仅仅是“反修例”运动的推波助澜者，而且它还试图借香港局势调动台湾选民的“恐中”情绪，为走激进路线的蔡英文和民进党赢得更多选票。

Will Chan finally be able to surrender in Taiwan? It depends to what extent Taiwan's public opinion has been kidnapped by the Tsai authorities. Whether justice or politics wins remains to be seen.

那么陈同佳最终能够买张机票去台湾自首吗？看看台湾舆论被蔡英文当局究竟绑架到什么程度吧。究竟司法正义大还是政治更大，让我们拭目以待。

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