Hong Kong Legco president urges Beijing to reassure ‘one country, two systems’ still intact in wake of missing bookseller case
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing says central government must put an end to speculation over handling of publisher Lee Bo amid anxiety in Hong Kong
Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing has urged the central government to send a clear message that nothing in violation of the “one country, two systems” principle has occurred concerning the disappearance of Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo.
The Beijing-friendly heavyweight said he had noted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying did not categorically deny last week the allegation that mainland law enforcement officers had kidnapped the Causeway Bay Books owner.
“The spokeswoman hasn’t given a categorical ‘no’ [that their] law enforcers didn’t cross the border to enforce the law, ” Tsang told the Post yesterday.
“If you do not deny it categorically, inevitably you’ll leave people speculating,” he said.
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Responding to journalists’ questions on Lee’s whereabouts at a news conference in Beijing last Tuesday, Hua said foreign governments had no right to interfere in Hong Kong affairs. Foreign Minister Wang Yi described Lee as “first and foremost a Chinese citizen” when British foreign secretary Philip Hammond raised concerns about Lee’s disappearance on a visit to Beijing.