612 Fund︱Europe, Canada and the Holy See pay attention to the Commissioner's Office: Manic and restless due to the arrest of the agent

The arrest of all five trustees of the defunct "612 Humanitarian Support Fund" has aroused the attention of the international community. The U.S. State Department strongly condemned the arrest, saying that the arrests once again showed that the authorities are taking all measures to suppress dissidents and weaken the guaranteed human rights and freedoms. .

The White House said freedom of speech is vital to Hong Kong's prosperity and security, and urged the immediate release of those who have been unfairly detained and prosecuted.

The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong issued a statement today (12th) with strong dissatisfaction, accusing the relevant criticisms of slander and slandering legitimate law enforcement actions, emphasizing that "rights and freedoms" are not "shields" for violating the law and disrupting Hong Kong, and urging external interfering forces to stop immediately A botched political show full of ideological prejudice.

EU Canada: Basic Law guarantees rights and freedoms

Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said on a social networking site that he is closely following the development of the incident, emphasizing that the fundamental freedoms promised in the Basic Law and the Sino-British Joint Declaration must be respected.

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly specifically named Ho Yunshi, who holds Canadian nationality, saying that the arrests are deeply worrying, and that citizen groups continue to be targeted, which are eroding the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Basic Law.

The Vatican said it was closely monitoring the situation.

The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong refuted one by one, but did not mention the Holy See.

The Office of the Commissioner pointed out that maintaining national security is justified, and external intervention is a futile effort, stressing that Hong Kong is a society governed by the rule of law, and that no one has privileges above the law, and that violations must be punished.

The statement said that the police handled the case impartially in accordance with their statutory powers and procedures, and that the investigation and arrest of persons suspected of endangering national security is a legitimate and necessary move that cannot be said.

Office: The arrested person knows what external forces have done

The Office also pointed out that the arrested persons are suspected of conspiring to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security. The nature is vile: "Where these people have been and what they have done, the external intervening forces know well, don't pretend to be confused!" the statement added. Criticizing external intervening forces who have long intervened in Hong Kong affairs under the banner of "democracy and the rule of law": "The impatience to jump out this time reveals that they see their carefully cultivated "political agents" facing legal sanctions one by one The mania and anxiety that cannot be concealed afterward.”

The five arrested include Xu Baoqiang, a former visiting associate professor of the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, former Legislative Council member and barrister Wu Aiyi, Cardinal Emeritus Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, Cardinal Chen Rijun, singer Ho Yunshi, and former Legislative Council member and prisoner He Xiulan.

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