National security law: Hong Kong activist Nathan Law says he has warned Pompeo of Beijing ‘meddling’ in city’s coming elections
- Law, who has left his native city, met US secretary of state at private exchange in London and says he also raised human rights concerns in Xinjiang and Tibet
- Activist says central government will be ‘once again disqualifying candidates’
One of Hong Kong’s most prominent young opposition leaders said he called on the global community to closely monitor the city’s coming legislative elections for “meddling” by Beijing when he met a top diplomat from the United States in London on Tuesday.
Nathan Law Kwun-chung also said he discussed the human rights situation in China’s Xinjiang and Tibet regions with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during their private exchange at the American ambassador’s residence.
I urge the international community to pay close attention to the development in the coming two months
Law left Hong Kong shortly after top Chinese lawmakers introduced a sweeping national security law last month, a move that led some Western nations, including Britain, to suspend their extradition treaties with the city. He has vowed to continue lobbying for the city’s democratic movement from London.
The activist said he told Pompeo Beijing would be “busy making plans to meddle in September’s Legislative Council elections, almost certainly by once again disqualifying candidates it deems unacceptable”.
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