Beijing warns Taiwan’s ruling party not to ‘mess up’ Hong Kong affairs

Name: Beijing’s passage of national security law for Hong Kong draws international criticism
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Mainland spokeswoman describes DPP as ‘black hand’ trying to undermine city’s prosperity and stability

Taiwan hits back and opens new office to help fleeing Hongkongers after national security law comes into force

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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and her party said the new law violated democracy and human rights in Hong Kong, and Taipei would offer humanitarian aid for Hongkongers. Photo: EPA-EFE

Lawrence Chung

Published: 3:50pm, 1 Jul 2020Updated: 12:12am, 2 Jul 2020

Beijing has warned the ruling party in Taiwan not to “mess up” Hong Kong affairs, as Taipei prepares to help Hongkongers seeking to flee their city, where a contentious national security law has been imposed.

Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office, described the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party as a “black hand” that wanted to undermine the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong.

“What the DPP authorities said was an undisguised distortion of facts, which served only to reveal its vicious intention to mess up Hong Kong and seek independence for Taiwan,” she said.

Zhu was responding to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and her party’s comments that the new legislation violated democracy and human rights in Hong Kong, and that Taipei would offer humanitarian assistance for fleeing Hongkongers.

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Beijing’s passage of national security law for Hong Kong draws international criticism

The national security law was passed unanimously by Beijing’s top legislative body on Tuesday and came into force that night. It punishes crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with a maximum term of life imprisonment, raising fears that it will curtail freedoms and undermine the rule of law in Hong Kong.