Hong Kong SAR Government says European and American officials and politicians have no basis in accusation of Hong Kong police arrest

　　A Hong Kong SAR government spokesman said today that recent allegations of individual government officials and politicians from the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Parliament against the Hong Kong police ’s arrest operation and other security matters on the 18th of last month were unfounded and seriously interfered in Hong Kong affairs. The SAR government strongly Contrary to these extremely irresponsible and deeply regretful remarks.

　　The spokesman said that he would never agree with foreign officials or politicians. The comments on the recent arrests and prosecutions of some organizations and persons who participated in illegal assembly in Hong Kong. It is ridiculous to say that the arrests will affect Hong Kong ’s freedom and violate the Basic Law. The authorities are extremely disgusted by individual foreign politicians requesting the SAR Government to withdraw the charges against the arrested persons. If the authorities accept or are regarded as surrendering to these unreasonable demands, it not only violates fairness and professionalism, but also deviates from the spirit of the rule of law.

　　The spokesman also stated that the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office and the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government represent the Central People's Government under Article 12 of the Basic Law. The two offices have the power and responsibility to ensure that the Hong Kong SAR is correct and implements the Basic Law and "One country, two systems". Therefore, the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office and the Central Liaison Office have recently expressed concern that the internal committee of the Legislative Council has been paralyzed for a long time, which in turn hindered the Legislative Council from performing its legislative functions in accordance with the Basic Law. Anyone who claims that the legitimate remarks of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office and the Liaison Office of the People ’s Republic of China constitute an intervention only shows their ignorance of the constitutional order of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the relationship between the Special Administrative Region and the Central Government. (Headquarters reporter Zhou Weiqi)