HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities on Friday (May 26) condemned a British government call for the removal of a China-imposed national security law that Britain said had been used to persecute, 'silence
that Britain said had been used to persecute,"silence and discredit" pro-democracy opposition figures.
Cleverly called on Beijing to implement recommendations made in an independent UN Human Rights Council report last July, including"removing the National Security Law" that Beijing imposed on the former British colony in 2020. A Hong Kong government spokesman said Britain should"stop interfering in Hong Kong matters, which are purely China's internal affairs".
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