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https://scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1088629/fury-hong-kong-beijing-officials-claim-foreign-interference Hong Kong
Fury in Hong Kong at Beijing official's claim of 'foreign interference'
Beijing official's allegation that 'external powers' help to co-ordinate campaigns for opposition parties in city called 'hollower than hollow'
Members of "We are Hongkongers, Not Chinese" group wave a colonial-era Hong Kong flag in front of the Central Government's Liason Office in Hong Kong on October 1, 2012. Photo: SCMP
A top mainland official in charge of Hong Kong affairs has lashed out at interference by "external powers" in Hong Kong elections, alleging for the first time that the unspecified powers were helping co-ordinate campaigns for opposition parties.
Zhang Xiaoming, a deputy director of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, said "necessary measures" were needed to combat such interference and called for Hong Kong to pass the national security law required by Article 23 of the Basic Law.