‘Abandon arrogance, face fact that national security law has restored stability in Hong Kong’: Beijing to UN Human Rights Committee

Beijing has urged the UN Human Rights Committee to “abandon arrogance and face the fact” that the national security law has restored social stability in Hong Kong, after the watchdog proposed the city should “take concrete steps” to repeal the law over threatened civil freedoms.

The Chinese government’s foreign ministry, the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), and Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong all hit back on Thursday after a report released by the UN committee expressed “grave concern” at an “overly broad interpretation” and “arbitrary application” of the security legislation.