In a first, Chinese-ruled Hong Kong moves to ban separatist group

Reuters ^ | July 17, 2018 3:18 AM | Venus Wu

[Olog-hai]

Hong Kong on Tuesday kick-started a process which could lead to a ban on a group that promotes secession from China, the first time since the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule in 1997 it has sought to outlaw a political organization.

The move against the Hong Kong National Party comes at a time authorities have ratcheted up pressure on young democracy activists, some of whom have been jailed, and denounced any pro-independence action as an illegal challenge to Communist Party rulers in Beijing.

The Security Bureau wrote a letter to the founder of the party, Andy Chan, telling him he had 21 days to “make representations in writing” as to why it should not be banned, according to the party’s social media page, which posted photos of the letter.

Secretary for Security John Lee said he had not banned the group and that he could only do so after giving it time to submit its response.

“Yes, in Hong Kong we have freedom of association, but that right is not without restriction,” Lee told reporters. …

[BenLurkin]

Red China.

The nation which the Democrat Party leadership admires.

[cba123]

There are a (lot) of Republicans, who support Red China.

Both parties, have been sold to China for a generation, at least.

Both of them.

[teacherwoes]

It’s not that surprising. Since the last UK soldier left Hong Kong, the PRC has been playing fast and loose with the agreement that was signed between the two countries over what Hong Kong was supposed to be.

Now that Xi is the dictator of China and has the Hong Kong government in his back pocket the rights of the people have been slowly diminishing over the years. It’s a terrifying world and many people here tend to support China rather than freedoms of speech and ideas.

It’s only going to get worse.