UK guarantees safety to Hong Kong residents in UK, Hong Kong government criticizes national security law
16.04.2024
The British government released a report on April 15 to assure the people of Hong Kong in the UK that the 23 newly introduced laws in Hong Kong will not affect them. The Hong Kong government and China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the UK has no right to interfere in Hong Kong affairs.
(Deutsche Welle Chinese website) The British government released the “Half-Yearly Report on Hong Kong” on Monday (April 15). “Feudalities that oppose right and wrong” against Hong Kong, and he asked them to “Stop interfering in China’s internal affairs and Hong Kong affairs.”
According to Radio Hong Kong, the Hong Kong government, the Chinese Embassy in the UK, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in Hong Kong and other units issued statements criticizing the UK, saying that the statements of the UK on Hong Kong’s electoral system and last year’s district council elections “absolutely wrong”.
The Hong Kong government insists that “the chaos of the former District Council is well-known and disgraced by everyone in Hong Kong”, so it is necessary to “get the District Council on back on track” so that those who “love and love Hong Kong. ” can participate.
China said it had made solemn representations to the British side. Hong Kong has returned to China.”
In March this year, the legislation on Article 23 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong was quickly approved and officially came into effect; China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the new law “further reinforced the SAR’s strong barrier to protecting national security” and that “no matter how many times the British side mocks and smears, it will -possible to change this reality.”
What did the British report say?
Former Prime Minister David Cameron, the British Foreign Secretary, wrote in the foreword to the government’s regular report on Hong Kong: “The National Security Bill has no effect in the UK, and we have no extension agreement in place with Hong Kong or China. … I want to reassure our respected Hong Kong community in the UK: you are safe here.”
Hong Kong, the Special Administrative Region of China, introduced a new national security bill at the end of March, prohibits treason, sabotage, sedition, theft of state secrets, and espionage, with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Beijing said the new bill was “absolutely necessary” to maintain Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability. Western countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom have criticized the new bill as a new tool for the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to suppress dissent.
Foreign Secretary Cameron said that this new bill which was rushed through the legislative process “appears to be incompatible with the international bill of rights and inconsistent with international standards which Hong Kong is committed to maintaining, and will be adversely affected. how the people of Hong Kong exercise their rights and freedoms” “
thereIn March this year, Hong Kong SAR authorities implemented the national security law in accordance with Article 23 of the Basic Law.Previously, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China had introduced the Hong Kong National Security Law in the form of an annex to the Basic Law in 2020.
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2024-04-16 04:30:00
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