Hong Kong national security police have taken away the parents of wanted US-based activist Frances Hui Wing-ting for questioning, the Post has learned, after Washington imposed a new round of sanctions on local officials for what it called “transnational repression”. A source said that Hui’s mother and father were escorted to two police stations in…
The United States imposed another major round of sanctions on six officials in Hong Kong, including the justice secretary and outgoing police chief, over what Washington said was “transnational repression” under the city’s national security legislation. The move on Tuesday follows previously imposed economic sanctions and other restrictions against the city after Beijing enacted the…
Central and local authorities have slammed the United States for sanctioning six officials, including Hong Kong’s justice secretary and outgoing police chief, over “transnational repression” under the city’s national security legislation, with Beijing vowing to retaliate. The Commissioner’s Office of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong and the city government on Tuesday…
Outgoing US president Joe Biden has extended a programme allowing Hong Kong residents in the country to stay beyond the expiry of their visas by another two years, just weeks before the scheme was due to come to an end. “The United States supports the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the residents of Hong…