BEIJING | China on Tuesday introduced the suspension of extradition agreements between Hong Kong and three Western international locations (Canada, Australia, United Kingdom), which had criticized Beijing’s imposition of a controversial regulation on safety within the autonomous territory .
This retaliatory measure by Beijing appears largely symbolic, as a result of these states had already unilaterally suspended these treaties to protest towards the brand new laws in power since June 30 within the former British colony.
“These erroneous actions (…) have seriously undermined the foundations of judicial cooperation,” Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for the Chinese language Overseas Ministry, mentioned at a daily press convention.
“China has decided to suspend extradition treaties between Hong Kong and Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as cooperation agreements in criminal justice,” he mentioned.
A number of Western international locations, led by the US, have known as on China to reverse its nationwide safety regulation in Hong Kong.
This new laws makes the native democratic opposition concern a critical decline within the freedoms in power on this territory of seven.5 million inhabitants, returned to China in 1997.
For Beijing, this regulation is formally a matter of making certain stability, of placing an finish to the vandalism that marked the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations within the area, in addition to of suppressing the present militant for independence.
Since 1997, Hong Kong has loved broad autonomy from mainland China led by the Communist Social gathering. Its inhabitants profit specifically from freedom of expression, freedom of the press and impartial justice.
