By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader has left open for more than five months a seat on the panel that selects the city’s judges, three lawyers familiar with the situation said. The unprecedented delay raises questions over the autonomy of the city’s judiciary, these lawyers and nine diplomats and scholars told Reuters. Nomination of judges by the Judicial Officers’ Recommendation Commission is increasingly important as some of these jurists will rule on issues such as prosecutions under a controversial national security law that Beijing imposed on the city in 2020 to punish …
