Chinanews.com, Beijing, August 20 (Reporter Liang Xiaohui) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference on the 20th that in view of the wrong actions of the United States, the Chinese side has decided to suspend the implementation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region "Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Justice." .
According to reports, the US State Department notified the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on the 20th to terminate the transfer of fugitive offenders and the exemption of international shipping profits tax and other three bilateral agreements.
Zhao Lijian said that the Hong Kong SAR government has issued a statement strongly opposing and condemning the US government’s unilateral decision to suspend or terminate the above three bilateral agreements with the Hong Kong SAR. “We fully agree with the Hong Kong SAR government’s statement.” In view of the wrong actions of the United States, the Chinese side decided that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region should suspend the implementation of the Hong Kong-US "Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement on Criminal Justice."
"I want to emphasize again that Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs, and no external forces have the right to interfere. China urges the US to immediately correct its wrong decision, stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs, interfere in China's internal affairs, and not go further and further down the wrong path." Zhao Lijian said . (Finish)