Hong Kong SAR Government Opposes Smears on National Security Actions

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government has issued a statement strongly opposing smears on its lawful actions to pursue individuals endangering national security who have absconded from Hong Kong. The Government emphasized that prompt actions must be taken to prevent and suppress such acts and activities effectively, and that the Hong Kong Police Force has the responsibility to pursue, in accordance with the law, persons suspected of committing offences under the Hong Kong National Security Law (HKNSL) outside Hong Kong.

Key Takeaways:

• The HKSAR Government strongly opposes smears on its lawful actions to pursue individuals endangering national security who have absconded from Hong Kong.
• The Hong Kong Police Force has the responsibility to pursue, in accordance with the law, persons suspected of committing offences under the HKNSL outside Hong Kong.
• The HKNSL and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance clearly stipulate that human rights shall be respected and protected in safeguarding national security in the HKSAR.
• The rights and freedoms, including the freedoms of speech, of the press and of publication, and the freedoms of association, of assembly, of procession and of demonstration, enjoyed by Hong Kong people under the Basic Law and the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as applicable to the HKSAR are protected in accordance with the law.
• The spokesman emphasized that absconders should not think they can evade criminal liability by absconding from Hong Kong and that ultimately, they will be liable for their acts constituting serious offences endangering national security and be punished by the law.
• The HKSAR Government will continue to unwaveringly discharge its duty in safeguarding national security, and any attempt by foreign countries or external forces to undermine Hong Kong's situation will only expose their own weakness and faulty arguments and be doomed to fail.

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• According to Article 37 of the HKNSL, this Law shall apply to a person who is a permanent resident of the HKSAR or an incorporated or unincorporated body such as a company or an organisation which is set up in the HKSAR if the person or the body commits an offence under the HKNSL outside the HKSAR.

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• The Hong Kong Police Force has the responsibility to pursue, in accordance with the law, persons suspected of committing offences under the HKNSL outside Hong Kong.

Sources:

• Hong Kong SAR Government [Category: Regulatory and Legal]
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