U.S. President Joe Biden (Joe Biden) signed a memorandum on Thursday (26th) local time, stating that because Beijing continues to suppress the rights and freedoms of Hong Kong people, it has decided to extend the "delayed forced departure" treatment for Hong Kong residents in the United States for 24 months until February 2025. moon.
The Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition, criticizing that the real intention of the United States is to use the visa policy to provide a safe haven for "anti-China and Hong Kong rioters" who fled abroad, fully exposing the sinister intention of the United States to fear Hong Kong's chaos.
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The memorandum pointed out that China's unilateral implementation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law" in Hong Kong in 2020 will undermine the rights and freedoms Hong Kong people enjoy under the "Basic Law" and the "Sino-British Joint Declaration", continue to weaken Hong Kong's autonomy, and destroy the only remaining democratic system So far, at least 150 opponents have been prosecuted and detained because of the "National Security Law", and more than 1,200 political prisoners have been detained, and more than 10,000 people have been arrested for protests and other activities.
Biden believes that there are convincing foreign policy reasons to extend the "delayed mandatory departure" treatment for Hong Kong people in the United States and provide them with a "safe haven". He emphasized that he will continue to firmly support Hong Kong people.
Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong.
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The Commissioner's Office issued a statement criticizing the United States, taking the opportunity to slander the rule of law and human rights in Hong Kong, maliciously attack the "National Security Law", and deliberately interfere in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs.
According to the Commissioner’s Office, since the implementation of the “National Security Law”, the confidence of international capital in Hong Kong’s development prospects has continued to increase. .
The Commissioner's Office pointed out that the U.S. approach runs counter to the mainstream public opinion in Hong Kong of "thinking about stability, thinking about peace and progress." Exaggerating the "consequences" brought about by the "National Security Law" is groundless and alarmist.
Since the implementation of the National Security Law, only more than 230 people have been arrested by the Hong Kong police on suspicion of endangering national security, and more than 30 of them have completed the trial process and been found guilty by the court.
The statement pointed out that these tactics of disrupting Hong Kong "cannot incite clear-sighted Hong Kong citizens, cannot confuse insightful people in the international community, and cannot stop the sonorous pace of Hong Kong's governance and prosperity." A parody of interference in Hong Kong affairs.
The United States announced in August last year that it would grant eligible Hong Kong residents in the United States 18 months of "delayed forced departure" treatment, during which they can apply for work permits. The relevant treatment originally expired on the 5th of next month.
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