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Pompeo said in a statement posted on the State Council website that officials from the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong continue to make politically motivated arrests to undermine (Beijing) the autonomy and freedom promised to Hong Kong.
“Today, the US State Department has sanctioned four CCP and Hong Kong officials in accordance with Executive Order 13936. These officials implement and enforce the CCP National Security Law and threaten peace, security, and security. autonomy from Hong Kong, “Pompeo said in a statement. Say.
Pompeo listed the four people sanctioned in the statement. The statement stated that Li Jiangzhou, Liu Cihui, and Li Guihua are leaders and officials of entities (including government entities) involved in the implementation and expansion of the CCP’s “Hong Kong version of the National Security Law.”
The statement said that Li Jiangzhou is the deputy director of the National Security Agency under the National Security Agency. Liu Cihui heads the National Security Division of the Hong Kong Police, and Li Guihua is the Senior Superintendent (National Security Division of the Hong Kong Police).
Prior to that, Li Jiangzhou was the head of the Police Liaison Department of the Liaison Office of the Ministry of Public Security of the Communist Party of China, and the senior official of the Ministry of Public Security of the Communist Party of China in Hong Kong.
In addition, the US State Department sanctioned Deng Zhonghua, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council of the Communist Party of China. Pompeo said in the statement that the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office is one of the main Hong Kong policy implementation agencies of the Central Government (CPC) and has taken a series of actions to intervene in Hong Kong affairs. and repress the protesters.
The statement stated that these sanctioned individuals will be barred from traveling to the United States, and their assets within the jurisdiction of the United States or owned or controlled by the United States will be blocked.
“These actions highlight the determination of the United States to prosecute key responsible individuals, who are actively damaging the freedom of the Hong Kong people and undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy,” the statement said.
Pompeo said at the end of the statement that the United States calls on Beijing to fulfill the international commitments made in the Sino-British Joint Declaration registered with the United Nations.
This is a new wave of sanctions after the US State Department imposed sanctions on ten Chinese and Hong Kong officials under the “Hong Kong Autonomy Law” in September this year.
The State Council submitted a report to Congress on October 14, listing the sanctions list for 10 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, including CEO Carrie Lam. The 10 sanctioned officials from China and Hong Kong include Executive Director Carrie Lam, Executive Director and Secretary General of the National Security Commission Chen Guoji, Secretary of Justice Zheng Ruohua, Secretary of Security Li Jiachao, Director of Affairs Constitutional and Continental Affairs, Zeng Guowei, Police Director Deng Bingqiang, Luo Huining, Director of the Liaison Office, Xia Baolong, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, Zhang Xiaoming, Deputy Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs Hong Kong and Macao, and Zheng Yanxiong, Director of the National Security Administration.
The “Hong Kong Normalization” Executive Order signed by US President Trump (Trump) in July requires the US government to take action within 15 days, end Hong Kong’s special treatment, and sanction to all who participate in the preliminary formulation, subsequent implementation and approval of the personnel and institutions of the District National Security Law.
On August 7, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions against 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials and announced the list. In addition to the 10 people mentioned, former police commissioner Lu Weicong is also included. The Treasury Department stated that the 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials under sanctions under the control of the United States or the United States, and all entities and properties that own more than 50% or more of the property are frozen and must report to OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Ministry of Finance).
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