MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Hong Kong’s top court ruled on Friday that a requirement of the Correctional Services Department for male inmates to keep their hair short was a form of sex discrimination, media reported, citing the court decision.
According to the ruling, the Correctional Services Department has failed to provide consistent arguments or explanations on why hair length is tied closely to custodial discipline.
According to Hong Kong Free Press, this decision means that former Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Leung Kwok-hung, better known as “Long Hair,” has won a six-year legal battle against the Correctional Services Department, after was forced to cut his long hair while behind bars in 2014.
Leung was jailed for several weeks for criminal damage and disorderly behaviour in June 2014.
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