HONG KONG — China on Thursday told international critics of Hong Kong's security law to "stop interfering" following condemnation of the arrests of seven people for posting "seditious" online messages.The seven were arrested Tuesday and Wednesday for "offenses in connection with seditious intention" in relation to social media posts commemorating Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
EU, US criticismThe Chinese foreign ministry office said Thursday that Chow "continuously published posts with seditious intent on social media, trying to provoke hatred of the public towards the central government and the Hong Kong government."The spokesperson charged unnamed "external forces" with "making all sorts of efforts to complain for and support anti-China and anti-Hong Kong elements.