The last British governor of Hong Kong has accused the Chinese Communist Party of setting out to “destroy” the Chinese territory by implementing a national security law, CNBC reports. CNBC reached out to the Hong Kong government and the Communist Party of China for comment but has not heard back. Patten was speaking to CNBC’s Karen Tso and Julianna Tatelbaum on Tuesday, one week after Beijing passed and implemented the Hong Kong national security bill. Beijing introduced the new national security law for Hong Kong because the people of Hong Kong stand on the side of democracy, said Patten. “The verdict of people in Hong Kong was clear in the district council elections in November — the Pan-Democrats pretty well swept the board,” he said.

Source: The Standard July 08, 2020 13:52 UTC