National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said Sunday that the United States is “examining other options” after the arrest of more than 50 activists in Hong Kong.
O’Brien called “politicized” and “the last of the successive nails Beijing has thrown into the coffin of Hong Kong’s democracy” last week, the largest mass arrest since China instituted a new law on national security in Hong Kong. “.
“The United States was the first major country with the courage and conviction to sincerely recognize the true nature of the CCP regime,” O’Brien said in a statement. “It is critical that nations around the world demand accountability in Beijing.”
“The world cannot continue to pay high prices for its naiveté and complicity in Beijing’s irresponsible and harmful practices, whether it puts an end to the rule of law in Hong Kong or collaborates with health officials in the pandemic.” , it continued. “The United States is examining other options for responding.”
Said the national security adviser President Trump
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American, Australian, Canadian and British officials condemned the arrests in a joint statement dated Saturday.
“It is clear that national security law is being used to eliminate dissent and opposing political views,” the diplomats said. “We call on the central authorities of Hong Kong and China to respect the legally guaranteed rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong without fear of being arrested and detained.”
The joint statement was signed by the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
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Most of the detainees were detained due to their participation in unofficial primaries for legislative elections which have since been delayed, which officials say disobeyed the law. All but three have been released on bail, according to The Associated Press.
China backed the national security law last year, designed to criminalize foreign interference, subversion and secession. Western governments and Hong Kong activists have criticized the law, saying it jeopardizes the “one nation, two systems” rule China agreed to when it gained control of Hong Kong in 1997.
Hong Kong officials criticized the joint letter from foreign officials, saying, “We are dismayed by the statements of some overseas government officials who seemed to suggest that people with certain political beliefs should be immune to legal sanctions.”
The national security law was passed more than a year after Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests rocked the city over a now-withdrawn bill that would have allowed the suspects to be extradited to China.