Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said the continuous sanctions suggested by the United States officials were more akin to what triads would do to threaten innocent people. Speaking on a radio show on Sunday, Tang stressed that the SAR has been fulfilling the responsibility of safeguarding national security under the law and to hold lawbreakers accountable is an unalterable principle. "If foreign governments use sanctions to threaten officials in Hong Kong to protect their 'henchmen,' it's more akin to what triads would do and it's much more immoral and unjust," he described. Tang also stated that common law generally does not have a retroactive effect, but national security law has been listed as having an extraterritorial effect. Some of them even tore the flag of the United States.

Source: The Standard November 05, 2023 11:25 UTC