HONG KONG, May 30 — China today told international critics of Hong Kong’s security law to “stop interfering” following condemnation of the arrests of seven people for...
China today told international critics of Hong Kong ’s security law to stop interfering following condemnation of the arrests of seven people for posting seditious online messages. — AFP pic HONG KONG , May 30 — China today told international critics of Hong Kong ’s security law to “stop interfering” following condemnation of the arrests of seven people for posting “seditious” online messages.
They were the first people to be arrested under the “Safeguarding National Security Ordinance” — enacted by Hong Kong in March and commonly referred to as Article 23 — which penalises sedition with up to seven years in prison.“We advise individual countries and politicians to face reality squarely, uphold an objective and impartial stance... and stop interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs and China’s internal affairs immediately,” said a ministry spokesperson in the city.
The spokesperson charged unnamed “external forces” with “making all sorts of efforts to complain for and support anti-China and anti-Hong Kong elements.”A European Union spokesperson on Wednesday said the arrests “seem to confirm the EU’s concerns about the new law and its effect on the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong”.
“We reiterate our concern that the law’s overly broad and vaguely defined provisions appear to further criminalise the exercise of freedom of expression and silence criticism of the government,” a US State Department spokesperson said.
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