HONG KONG - China on May 30 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 European Union had said the arrests suggest that the new legislation “is used to stifle freedom of expression”.“We advise individual countries and politicians to face reality squarely, uphold an objective and impartial stance... and stop interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs and China’s internal affairs immediately,” said a ministry spokesperson in the city.
Chow is already serving a more than 30-month jail sentence over other charges, including “unauthorised assembly” for her attempt to publicly commemorate June 4.The Chinese foreign ministry office said on May 30 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”.
On May 30, the United States condemned the arrests “under Hong Kong’s repressive new national security law”.
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