China News Service, Hong Kong, July 9th. Title: Deng Jingcheng: Hong Kong's National Security Law protects citizens' freedom of speech and life
China News Agency reporter Suo Youwei
"The so-called view that the Hong Kong National Security Law (National Security Law) affects freedom of speech is completely wrong and completely false. The vast majority of Hong Kong citizens agree with the National Security Law. The implementation of the National Security Law guarantees the citizens' freedom of speech and freedom of life. ."
This is what Deng Jingcheng, a member of the Hong Kong National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the former director of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's police department, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency a few days ago.
The National Security Law has been implemented in Hong Kong for its first anniversary. As the former director of the Hong Kong Police Service, Deng Jingcheng has a deeper feeling for the changes brought to Hong Kong after the implementation of the National Security Law.
"The enactment of the National Security Law can be said to be a "sacred needle of the sea". It has achieved its due purpose in dealing with "black storms". The overall public security situation in Hong Kong has quickly stabilized, and the transition from chaos to governance has been achieved. The safety of the general public also ensures that the general public can express their opinions with peace of mind." He said.
Regarding the behavior of some Western politicians who continue to discredit the National Security Law, Deng Jingcheng emphasized: “It is obvious that some Western politicians and opposition forces have a purpose that we absolutely do not agree with. How'black storms' destroy public facilities and destroy public facilities on the streets. Traffic facilities, attacks on innocent citizens, and attacks on law-defending police are all obvious to all. However, Western politicians seem to only selectively see what they want to see, and many times, what they see These situations are only exposed in fragments, to cater to and support some of their statements that have absolutely no basic support."
Deng Jingcheng believes that the state enacted and implemented the National Security Law in a very urgent situation and dealt with the problems that Hong Kong had to face at that time.
He said: "For this reason, the enactment of Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law is urgent, so that Hong Kong’s national security law is more comprehensive and can guarantee that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as a part of the country, can fulfill our task of safeguarding national security. They have also become an important and effective part of maintaining our national security."
Deng Jingcheng, who has retired from the police force for more than ten years and is nearly 70 years old, is still tall and upright. He is very concerned about national events and the development of Hong Kong. He noticed that Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, said in his speech at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The contents of the two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Deng Jingcheng said that the speech conveyed a very clear message that the country is the strongest and most steadfast backing of Hong Kong and Macau. The long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macau can surely be guaranteed with state support. (Finish)