Three pan-democratic lawmakers who recently joined four Executive Council members to meet with officials in the United States say they believe the government advisers are "jumping to conclusions" by saying that Washington will not sanction Hong Kong officials, RTHK reports. Exco convener Bernard Chan said on Tuesday that there was little discussion of action under the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act during the talks in Washington. He said the US has its own law, and the rule of law, and a high standard when it comes to imposing certain sanctions. "Hearing that and thinking 'oh, we have no problem', I think that is only the view of the pro-establishment [side]," he said. Fellow lawmaker Jeremy Tam said if pro-establishment lawmakers think they are “off the hook,'' they can press on until they get sanctioned.

Source: The Standard March 11, 2020 07:57 UTC