If Trump’s plan continues, Washington will soon run counter to the interests of most Hong Kong people,” the state-run Global Times tabloid wrote. A spokesman for the US consulate in Hong Kong told Reuters this was part of the US government’s global reinvestment program that “reinforces the US government’s presence in Hong Kong” through reinvestment in other areas. Demosisto, the advocacy group led by prominent young Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, said the security law will be “the death of freedom in Hong Kong”. The laws will outlaw secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in Hong Kong, and will be imposed without any local legislative scrutiny. Authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong insist the legislation will target only a small number of “troublemakers” who threaten China’s national security.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 31, 2020 02:26 UTC