Hong Kong / London: England has scolded China to expand the use of national security law in Hong Kong, detailing the attack on city justice justice, civil society groups and foreign diplomats.
“Liberty erosion in Hong Kong is an insult to freedom and democracy,” said Secretary of the Liz Truss in the publication on Tuesday the latest government sixth month report in Hong Kong.
“More than a year since the introduction of national security law, the Chinese authority and Hong Kong have used legal and institutions related to all opposition, free press and civil society in Hong Kong,” said Truss in a report on the report to the report.
“Reducing space for free expression of alternative views continues to weaken checks and balances on executive power.” The report, which includes events until June 30, seems stronger than the earliest targeting the impact of national security law.
The Chinese government and Hong Kong issued a statement that condemned the report, with spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in London warned that Britain “strives to create problems in Hong Kong or use Hong Kong to load China will not succeed.
Beijing enforces the law of Asian financial hub in June 2020 After months sometimes anti-government protests swung the city in 2019.
Pay attention to the use of laws on several media and journalists, reports of reports with pro-Beijing media which have forced trade unions and other groups to disband criticism from several officials.
The mainland, it states that “the independence of justice is increasingly balanced”.
However, he believes British judges can still “play a positive role in supporting this judicial independence.” British judges have long served among foreign law experts pointing to the highest court Hong Kong, a setting designed for K maintains the trust in the city legal system that is seen as a broader bedrock of social and commercial freedom.
England handed over the former colony returned to the Chinese government in 1997 amid guaranteeing that the way his life would be protected under the model “one country, two systems”.
Truss said England was committed to continuing to monitor the situation in Hong Kong, including talking to various politicians.
He expressed concern at “the pattern of growth from mainland China and Hong Kong misinterpreted normal diplomatic contacts such as foreign collusion”.
The Hong Kong government said “strongly opposed unfounded accusations”, urging Britain to “stop interfering with Chinese internal affairs through Hong Kong’s business”.
He also said it opposed the criticism of the report on the government’s reshuffle of the electoral system.
Hong Kong will vote for the new legislative council this weekend, with many opposition figures in prisons or exile and only those classified as “patriots” are allowed to run.