Hong Kong rejects US report criticising crackdown on freedoms


THE Hong Kong government “firmly rejected” findings in a new US government report that said US interests had been threatened and that Beijing continued to “undermine” the rule of law and freedoms in the territory under a national security crackdown.

The US’ “2023 Hong Kong Policy Act Report”, published by the US State Department, said Chinese and Hong Kong authorities “continued to use ‘national security’ as a broad and vague basis to undermine the rule of law and protected rights and freedoms.”

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