‘Not some kind of secret meeting’: Hong Kong Indigenous leaders meet with American diplomats
US consulate insists there was nothing underhand about their meeting, which could fuel claims of ‘foreign forces’ acting in the city
The US consulate has confirmed its diplomats met leaders of localist group Hong Kong Indigenous in an Admiralty restaurant on Wednesday, after photos of the encounter were published online.
Both sides said there was nothing secretive about the meeting.
The photos, published by news website Bastille Post on Wednesday night, showed three members of the group – including Edward Leung Tin-kei and Ray Wong Toi-yeung – meeting two consulate staffers.
The quintet reportedly chatted for around an hour and a half, speaking in Putonghua at times, before going their separate ways.
But in response to a Post inquiry, the consulate stressed the meeting was no more than routine diplomatic work.
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