The National Security Department of the police sent a letter to a number of current standing committee members of the Stake Association last month, requesting that before this Tuesday (7th) an account of a large number of records of finances, meetings, and activities in the past eight years. agent".
Zou Xingtong, vice chairman of the Stake, said yesterday (5th) that the Stake would not provide relevant information to the police and questioned the abuse of power by the police.
Zou Xingtong stated on a commercial TV program this morning (6th) that the Standing Committee members have a greater consensus on not submitting information, reiterating that the stake is not a "foreign agent" and the police have no right to use the National Security Law Article 43 "Implementation Rules" Schedule 5 Power.
As for whether to dissolve or not, she revealed that she is the party opposing the dissolution.
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Zou Xingtong reiterated that he believed that the requirements of the National Security Office of the police were unlawful and did not have the basis to use the power to use Schedule 5 of the "Implementation Rules" because the stake is not a "foreign agent."
She also described that the police’s current practice is to "put you in a dilemma." If they insist on fighting for reasons, they will continue to use legal and political means to intimidate.
She said frankly that the Standing Committee members did not have a consensus on the resolution of dissolution, but there was a greater consensus on the refusal to submit information.
The pro-China newspapers "Ta Kung Pao" and "Wen Wei Po" today force the core members of the Stake to be involved in the "indictment" of the "external power agent", including the chairman Li Zhuoren attending the hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives in video format, and Zou Xingtong serving from 2012 to 2018 Executive committee member and company director of the Hong Kong branch of Amnesty International, which is "closely related" to the National Foundation for Democracy (NED), etc.
Zou Xingtong responded that, first of all, Amnesty International is not an agent of any country. It is a member-oriented international organization, and its headquarters is in the United Kingdom instead of the United States. "I don't understand that the United States is a matter of life." Secondly, she also believes that even if an individual's participation in any activity is regarded as related to a foreign country, it will not cause the entire stake to be a "foreign agent." The two should be clearly distinguished.
Regarding the internal disputes over whether to dissolve the Stake, Xingtong Zou said that the main consideration is whether to believe in the pro-China faction's "hair blower" and believe that the "results" of not dissolving is "serious", or whether to adhere to the principle of philosophy and refuse to respond to "intimidation" at the last minute. .
She revealed that she is inclined to oppose dissolution.
Regarding the position of the existing members at the special general meeting on September 25, she said that she had no way to evaluate.
Tang Jiahua: Assisting the police in investigating crimes is a civic responsibility
Senior Counsel Tang Jiahua, a member of the Executive Council, stated on the same program that there are many provisions in the current law that allow law enforcement officers to conduct investigations that ostensibly violate privacy under "reasonable suspicion", such as intercepting citizens and searching premises. And so on, it is mainly based on the "reasonable suspicion" to prevent the occurrence of crimes. If the party believes that this "reasonable suspicion" is controversial, it must always be decided by the court, rather than rejected by itself.
He pointed out that if the stake refuses to submit information, the Standing Committee may be prosecuted, and the court is expected to deal with the definition of "foreign agent" by then.
He believes that citizens have a responsibility to assist the police in investigating crimes. Even if they are emotionally unwilling to assist due to political reasons, they cannot ignore their civic responsibility.
Tang Jiahua.
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Liaison Office: The Stake incited subversion of the state government system approved the police without any regrets to hold the police to pursue the Stake’s refusal to submit the information to the National Security Office. The Security Bureau solemnly warned: immediately reinforce the Stake’s resolution to dissolve on September 25 to open a special meeting and refuse to submit to the National Security Office. Submit information
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