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Written by: Pan Xiqiao
2020-03-07 15:14
Last updated: 2020-03-07 15:147 members of the Legislative Council went to the United States to attend the "US-Hong Kong Exchange Conference" hosted by U.S. non-governmental organizations. They met with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jonathan Fritz, US Consul General in Hong Kong, Hanscom Smith, and representatives of the State Council. The meeting reflects the latest situation in Hong Kong.
Some members of the Democratic Party have criticized the Hong Kong government for "stubbornness" and ignored public opinion, urging the United States to announce the implementation details of the Human Rights Law passed at the end of last year as soon as possible, so that Hong Kong people have formal channels to provide evidence and impose sanctions on those who violate human rights in Hong Kong.
Seven members of the Legislative Council and Executive Council attended the US-Hong Kong Dialogue hosted by the World Affairs Council, a US non-governmental organization, on Saturday (7) local time. During the meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Fei Dewei ( Jonathan Fritz), the US Consul General in Hong Kong, Hanscom Smith, and State Department representatives met to reflect the latest situation in Hong Kong. Among them are representatives of the Democrats Mo Naiguang, Liang Jichang and Tan Wenhao.
At the meeting, three democratic MPs criticized the Hong Kong government ’s stubbornness, so far they have not responded to the “five major demands”, and also said that “the situation of violent suppression of public opinion and over arrest continues”, and more deliberate arrests of district mediation members on the scene; In addition to the serious police violent problem, the new year's budget has significantly increased the police force and purchased a large number of weapons.
Mo Naiguang and others believed that the Chief Executive, Mrs Lam Cheng Yuet, had no intention of expressing goodwill and questioned that the government might again cancel the democratic candidates in a large scale in the Legislative Council elections held in September this year. The details of the implementation of the Democracy Act provide Hong Kong people with formal channels to provide evidence and impose sanctions on those who violate human rights in Hong Kong.
A State Department representative stressed that he would not refuse to grant a U.S. visa because of the arrest of the protest.
Regarding the overseas study and employment of arrested demonstrators, the representative of the US State Department reiterated that there are provisions in the Human Rights Act to protect all Hong Kong people subject to political prosecution and maintain an active list of some detained, arrested and targeted by the Chinese and Hong Kong governments. He also called on other countries to take similar measures. Hanscom Smith, the US consul general in Hong Kong, also stressed that he would never refuse to grant a US visa on this ground.
Liang Jichang suggested that Washington pay attention to the intervention of the Joint Office in Hong Kong's political activities in the Human Rights Law, and also questioned the authorities' delay in implementing Section 33 of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance in order to transfer the data to China.
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At the end of last year, the U.S. House of Representatives and the House of Representatives passed the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy. The US Secretary of State will review the autonomy of Hong Kong every year and decide whether to continue to grant Hong Kong a special status, including whether to continue to be an independent customs zone and to authorize the US government to Human rights in Hong Kong impose sanctions. The US State Department will publish its first report on the US-Hong Kong Policy Act before May this year.
Among them, Mo Naiguang asked the US side to include forward-looking requirements in the Hong Kong report, such as warning that in future elections, political scrutiny should not reappear to disqualify candidates. Mo Naiguang believes that the emergence of threats to human rights and freedom of information in Hong Kong has caused the information industry to lose a large amount of overseas investment, including U.S. investment in Hong Kong. The protection of human rights and free circulation in Hong Kong is the common interest of the United States and Hong Kong, as well as the competitiveness of Hong Kong's information technology development. The most important link.
Hong Kong people held up the American flag many times during rallies and parades, hoping to attract the attention of the United States and pass the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy as soon as possible. (Profile picture / Photo by Yu Junliang)
Tan Wenhao used the case of the Civil Aviation Administration of China to threaten Cathay Pacific to fire anti-revision employees, for example, arguing that China ignores "one country, two systems" and suppresses freedom of speech in Hong Kong. "These employees may never participate in any anti-revision activities. Posting on personal social media. "He believes that this will put pressure on different industries and shake Hong Kong's independence and foundation as an international financial center." I believe that the suppression of public opinion and the performance of DQ candidates by Lin Zheng cannot make the international community feel Satisfied. "He believes that whether Hong Kong can still enjoy an independent customs zone does not lie in how the Hong Kong delegation persuades it, but in whether Lin Zheng decides to" fire "with Hong Kong.
Democrats Mo Naiguang Tan Wenhao Liang Jichang Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act