Liaison office slams foreign interference in HK affairs

The central government's liaison office in Hong Kong on Sunday strongly condemned anti-China foreign politicians and organizations for interfering in the SAR's internal affairs by maliciously attacking the "one country, two systems" principle and wrongfully accusing the police of using excessive force in defending law and order.

The liaison office's online statement was aimed specifically at those politicians and organizations of the United States and the United Kingdom who objected to the Hong Kong proposal of enacting its own national security laws.

The office emphasized that to safeguard national security is the constitutional duty of the HKSAR. It is China's internal affairs that no other country has the right to interfere, the spokesperson added.

The wrongful remarks of those politicians were a serious violation of International Law and the basic norms of international relations. As such, they were another example of the brutal interference of China's internal affairs by external forces, the spokesperson noted.

The office made particular mention of the National Democratic Institute, accusing the US organization of turning a blind eye on violence in Hong Kong by branding illegal protests as "peaceful demonstrations."

The spokesperson refuted a recent NDI report, saying it has distorted the large-scale anti-government demonstrations that had escalated into raging street violence.

The report glorified the violent acts of extreme radicals as "peaceful demonstration", and vilifying the SAR government and the police force that were trying to safeguard the rule of law, the spokesman said.

The office resolutely opposes the support of violent criminals and acts that have undermined the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, the spokesman stressed.

The central government is firmly against any interference in the HKSAR affairs by external forces, and will unswervingly safeguard national sovereignty, security, development interests while upholding the "one country, two systems" principle, the spokesman said.