Hong Kong Slams UK’s ‘Untruthful Remarks’ in 6-Monthly Report Highlighting ‘Expanding Scope’ of National Security Laws
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In a statement, the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom rejected on Thursday the British Government's "irresponsible statements" and argued that the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, which laid down the conditions for the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997, does not give London any right to supervise the affairs of the territory after the transfer of sovereignty.
The legislative amendments adopted in March extended the powers of the police to require passwords for electronic devices, restrict travel and confiscate assets in the context of investigations related to national security
Hong Kong slams UK’s ‘untruthful remarks’ in 6-monthly report highlighting ‘expanding scope’ of national security laws
Hong Kong authorities have slammed the UK for making “untruthful remarks, slanders and smears” about the city’s affairs in its latest six-monthly report that described the “expanding scope and appl…
The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong opposes the UK government's renewed so-called six-monthly report on Hong Kong, which smears "one country, two systems," discredits the Hong Kong National Security Law and the Ordinance for Safeguarding National Security, interferes in Hong Kong's judicial cases, and grossly interferes in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs. The spokesperson stated that the …
Beijing slams UK’s ‘irresponsible remarks’ on Hong Kong in 6-monthly report
Beijing has slammed “irresponsible remarks” by Britain after a UK report said Hong Kong’s national security law had further diminished the openness that underpinned the city’s success. In the United Kingdom’s latest six-month monitoring report on Hong Kong, released on Thursday, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said he was “deeply concerned and disturbed” by the continued imprisonment of former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who was jailed for 20 …
China accused the United Kingdom of interference in internal affairs after a British report denouncing the deterioration of freedoms in Hong Kong, and presented a diplomatic protest in London.
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