00:01the royal mint court resident association has brought legal action at the high court against the ministry of housing communities
00:09and local government and the london borough of tower hamlet
00:15it said the presence of the embassy which would be built near the tower of london could lead to terrorist
00:21attacks or the repression of protest while being used to enforce quote-unquote draconian chinese laws in the uk and
00:30target dissidents the association which represents families and businesses in about 100 properties is also concerned about the chinese government
00:39creating a fire risk by ignoring safety obligations which it says would
00:45not be enforceable because of diplomatic immunity the government and the council are defending the claim saying they conscientiously and
00:54carefully had regard to the residents concerns
00:57arif abraham for the association said in a written submissions for a hearing on tuesday that the risks to human
01:06rights are real and not illusory
01:08mr abraham also said the residents have long submitted that they fear reprisals and containment of their ability to oppose
01:18or protest against the people's republic of china as their properties are within the same freehold title of the proposed
01:27embassy
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