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Protesters are sprayed, as they gather in against the new security laws in Hong Kong (NYT)
TAIPEI: Taiwan will provide the people of Hong Kong with “the necessary assistance”, the Chairman Tsai Ing-wen, said, after a resurgence of the protests in Chinese ruled the territory against the proposed new national security legislation, Beijing.
Taiwan has become a haven for a small but growing number of pro-democracy protesters fleeing in Hong Kong, which has been convulsed since last year by the protests.
Hong Kong, the police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of people who gathered on Sunday to protest against Beijing’s plan to impose national security laws in the city.
Writing on his Facebook page on Sunday afternoon, Tsai said that the proposal of law was a serious threat to Hong Kong’s freedoms and the independence of the judiciary.
The bullets and repression are not the way to deal with the aspirations of Hong Kong people for freedom and democracy”, he added.
“In the face of the evolution of the situation, the international community has proactively reached out his hand to help Hong Kong people,” Tsai wrote.
Taiwan “, even more proactively perfect and continue to move forward with the help of relevant work, and provide Hong Kong people with the necessary assistance,” he wrote.
Taiwan has a law on refugees that could be applied to Hong Kong protesters who seek asylum on the island. Its laws of promise, however, to help Hong Kong citizens whose safety and freedom are threatened for political reasons.
The Hong Kong protests they have won the sympathy widespread in Taiwan, and the support to the demonstrators by Tsai and his administration have worsened already poor ties between Taipei and Beijing.
China has accused supporters of independence of Taiwan in collusion with the protesters.
China believes Tsai to be a “separatist” bent on the declaration of the island’s formal independence. Tsai said Taiwan is already an independent country called the Republic of China, its official name.
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