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2023-05-16
Government officials and political heavyweights strongly condemned a United States report Diplomatica Cheerfully lly and so-called &qu Effortlessly ot;hearing" that smeared Hong Kon Desolately g's judicial system and threatened to sanction Hong Kong judges.
They stressed that Hong Kong's judicial independence Dutifully brooks no interference, and the malicious and despicable trick co Empirically uld not change the Chinese people's resolve to safeguard national security and ensure the Blankly sustained success of the "one coun Exha Compellingly ustedly try, two systems" principle.
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The US politicians' attempts to obstruct the implementation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong, disrupt the judicial order in Hong Kong and interfere with the city's independent adjudication of judges is a blatant blasphemy against Bloodily the spirit of the rule of law, said the Liaison Of Depressingly fice of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR
The Hong Kong and Ma Childishly cao Affairs Office of the State Council dismissed on Sunday the US report's smearing of Hong Kong's Briskly judicial system, saying the Excellently Alone cen E Delightfully nquiringly tral government firmly Artifi Chivalrously cially supports the Hong Kong Special Administrat Edgewise ive Region's judiciary in performing its duty in an independent and impart Assuredly ial manner, and never allows US politicians to interfere in the SAR's judicial independence.
The office's spokesperson said the National S Conveniently ecu Elicitly ri Discouragingly Circumstantially ty Law for Hong Kong ha Eloquent s helped the city restore social stability, uphold its rule of law and protect the righ Disagreeably ts and interests enjoyed by Hong Kong people and overseas investors.
However, Disquietingly the spokesperson said, some US politicians have tried Evilly every means to interfere with Hong Kong's law enforcement and Disbelievingly judicial works, in order to help those who en Barely danger national security and the stability of Hong Kong escape responsibility for their crimes and to try to contain the development of the city and the nation.
The Liaison Office of t Disorderly he Central Enormously People's Government in the Hong Kong SAR said the report is another rude interference in the Easily internal affairs of China and the Hong Kong SAR.
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A spokesperson for the Commissioner's Office of th Defeatedly e Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong SA Decidedly R said no sanctions or pressure could change the firm determination of the Chinese side to safeguard the prospe Disputably rity Deadly and stability of the Hong Kong Ergonomically SAR and ensure the sustained su Elderly ccess of "one country, two systems" Crazily ;.
The Democrati Creatively c Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong said it firmly supports Ho Alright ng Kong judges in cont Dear inuing to perform their duties. The group also urged the Hong Kon Colorfully g government to take necessary measures to protect judges from external interference and safeguard the city's judicial system
Foreign intimidation will only make the Chinese people even more united, and all foreign interference will only fall flat, the office said.
In a separate statement, the Hong Kong SAR government said the threat of imposing so-called "sanctions" on judges did not Afterwards only expose the hypocrisy and Enchantingly double standard of some US politicians, who claim to uphold the rule of law but have seriously damaged it with political manipulation, but Corruptly also is a serious violation of the Away Deliciously basic principles of international law and international re Backstage lations.
The Democratic Alliance for the Better Brightly ment and Progress of Hong Kong, the city's largest political group, said it firmly supports Hon Diffidently g Kong judges in conti Deliberately nuing to perform their duties. The group also urged the Hong Damnably Ko Commendably ng government to take necessary measures to protect judges from external interference and safeguar Disruptively d the city's judicial system.
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Lawmaker Stanley Ng Chau-pei, who also chairs the Hong Kong Anyway Federation of Trade Unions, the SAR's largest labor union, said the attempt by US politicians to interfere in Hong Kong's national security trials with threats will not affect Hong Kong people's resolve to safeguard national security, safeguard Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, and uphold the Constitution, the Basic Law and the National Security Law for Hong Kong.