NPC to improve the law for maintaining security in Hong Kong May 22: 7:48 May 22
At the National People's Congress of China starting on the 22nd, it was revealed that legislation to maintain security was being advanced over Hong Kong where protests continued, and among the Hong Kong citizens, the Chinese government directly passed the law. There is a growing sense of caution that if one is established, the one-country-two system will be lost.
The spokeswoman for the NPC, Zhang Ying, announced that he will hold a press conference on the night of the 21st and will discuss "improvement of the legal system to protect national security in Hong Kong" as one of the subjects of the NPC starting from the 22nd.
Zhang did not elaborate on the details, but said, "It is absolutely necessary to establish a legal system and its enforcement mechanism to protect the security of the state based on the new situation in order to maintain the one-country-two system." He said, "He said that he will promote legislation to maintain security over Hong Kong, where protests have continued since last year.
The Hong Kong government has been aiming to enact a "national security regulation", a law for maintaining security, but this has not been realized due to fierce public opposition, and the Chinese government can only entrust the enactment of the law to the Hong Kong government. It seems that he decided that he could not maintain security.
Regarding this announcement, several Hong Kong media reports that the Chinese government will proceed directly with the enactment of legislation in place of the "National Security Ordinance" in this NPC.
In addition, the democratic legislative council and civil society are strongly warned that "the one-country-two system" will be completely lost.
President Trump: "Very strong response"
About this, President Trump of the United States told reporters at the White House on the 21st, "I don't know what it is, but if that happens, we will take a very strong response."
In addition, State Department spokesman Otagas criticized, "If you try to develop a law that does not reflect the will of the Hong Kong citizens, it will destabilize the situation and cause strong criticism from the United States and the international community."
Meanwhile, members of both the Republican and Democratic parties in the US Senate criticized China's new legislation as "intervention against Hong Kong's autonomy," and submitted a bill to impose sanctions on concerned parties.
The bill is called the "Hong Kong Autonomous Bill" and it says that sanctions will be imposed on high-ranking officials involved in the development of Chinese law and banks that deal with the high-ranking official.
In the United States, in response to Hong Kong's large-scale protests, the “Hong Kong Human Rights Law” was enacted in November last year. Sanctions can be imposed.