U.S. has sanctioned Hong Kong's chief executive, its police commissioner, mainland China's top official for the territory and others for 'undermining Hong Kong's autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly,' the U.S. Treasury announced.
, the western province where the Chinese government has conducted a mass surveillance and detention campaign against Muslim ethnic minorities.President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Rose Garden at the White House, July 14, 2020.Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is the most well-known name on the list Friday.
President Donald Trump signed into law last month the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, which authorized these sanctions for any officials involved in implementing China's national security law for Hong Kong. Riot police stop and search a man after pro-democracy protesters gathered in a shopping mall in Hong Kong, July 21, 2020.The Treasury Department also said some officials, like Police Commissioner Chris Tang and former commissioner Stephen Lo, are being sanctioned for the crackdown on protesters in 2019, who marched in the millions against a similar national security law proposed by Hong Kong's government.
China has defended the controversial law as critical for halting any foreign interference in Hong Kong, while the U.S. sees it as a violation of the treaty China signed with the United Kingdom to take control of the territory but grant it a degree of autonomy for 50 years.Citing the new law's implementation, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared in May that Hong Kong was no longer autonomous from mainland China and did not warrant special treatment under U.S.
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