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July 28, 2020China announced that Hong Kong will suspend extradition and mutual assistance treaties with Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom in response to acts of "intrusion into internal affairs", including the similar measures taken by the three countries against former British colony after Beijing imposed national security law. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.

Just today, New Zealand has announced that it will follow the example of its intelligence allies by suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong. The move comes in response to China which has passed a new security law for the semi-autonomous territory.

New Zealand is the last member of the alliance to take this action after the United States, Australia, Canada and Great Britain have announced similar measures.

New Zealand relies on China as its main trading partner and in the past has often tried to avoid direct political confrontation. China purchases billions of dollars of New Zealand's agricultural goods every year, including its lucrative milk powder. But Foreign Minister Winston Peters said the new law runs counter to China's commitments to the international community. "New Zealand can no longer trust that Hong Kong's criminal justice system is sufficiently independent of China," he said.