Beijing [China], January 19 (ANI): Reacting to the US' sanctions imposed on the Chinese and Hong Kong officials, Bejing on Monday (local time) announced sanctions on American officials and lawmakers for having "blatantly intervened" in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's 180,000 civil servants are told they have four weeks to sign a document pledging their loyalty and dedication to the city's mini-constitution and the Chinese Government, or risk losing their jobs.
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): The United States on Friday (local time) has designated six Chinese and Hong Kong officials in connection with the National Security Law imposed in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong warns probe against those who help pro-democracy protestors escape ANI | Updated: Jan 09, 2021 15:33 IST
Hong Kong, January 9 (ANI): The Hong Kong Government, under the draconian National Security Law, has warned that the police would investigate anyone who helps an offender to abscond from Hong Kong after reports emerged that the city was looking into prosecuting two Danish politicians who aided former opposition lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung as he fled to Europe.
South China Morning Post citing Danish reports, reported that the government was also examining the possibility of extraditing politicians Uffe Elbaek and Katarina Ammitzboll, as they had helped Hui head to Denmark at the end of November.
More than 50 pro-democratic activists in Hong Kong are arrested on suspicion of breaking the city's controversial national security law leading to a rebuke from Britain's Foreign Secretary.