Australia suspends extradition, offers skilled HK citizens visasA worker removes a red curtain from the plaque outside the new Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, temporarily set up at the Metropark Hotel, on Wednesday. (Photo: Bloomberg)SYDNEY: Australia is suspending its extradition agreement with Hong Kong and will give skilled migrants from the city five-year visas with a pathway to permanent residence, after China imposed sweeping national security legislation on the financial hub. Morrison said Australia had formally notified Hong Kong and advised Chinese authorities. Australia said earlier Thursday that its citizens in Hong Kong were at an increased risk of detention, saying the security law could be interpreted broadly. Beijing has also been irked by Payne’s statements against Hong Kong’s new national security law, which she labelled “deeply” concerning, following criticism from other foreign governments including the US and UK.

Source: Bangkok Post July 09, 2020 03:56 UTC