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‘SMEARS’ SLAMMED. Lawmakers vote for Article 23 in the chamber of the Legislative Council after the conclusion of the readings of the Article 23 National Security Law, in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously passed a new national security law, introducing penalties such as life imprisonment for crimes related to treason and insurrection, and up to 20 years jail for the theft of state secrets.
British foreign minister David Cameron said it was a “rushed” process for a law that would “further damage the rights and freedoms enjoyed in the city.”In response, China’s de facto foreign ministry in Hong Kong blasted Britain as being “hypocritical and exercising double standards” in an apparent reference to London’s own national security laws.
“We urge the EU to envisage the strong appeal for the legislation in Hong Kong, and abandon its hypocritical double standards and prejudice,” the statement said. Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong in 2020 focused on punishing four crimes — secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces.
But Cameron said the fast-tracked legislation undermined the Sino-British Joint Declaration, an internationally binding agreement signed in 1984 in which China agreed to run Hong Kong under the “one country, two systems” principle.
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