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Safeguard China’s constitution and sovereignty, any challenge will not be tolerated, top Beijing legal official tells Hong Kong
- Shen Chunyao tells forum that constitution is fundamental, highest law of country and its authority extends to Hong Kong
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A top legal official from Beijing urged Hongkongers on Tuesday to safeguard China’s constitution and sovereignty, warning that any activities challenging the central government’s authority would not be tolerated.
Shen Chunyao, chairman of the Basic Law Committee and the Legislative Affairs Commission of China’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), described the Chinese constitution as having a “mother-son” and “higher-lower” relationship with Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law.
It would be inaccurate to separate the two when trying to understand the city’s constitutional position, he told a gathering of about 300 Hong Kong pupils at a forum to mark National Constitution Day.
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Shen said the national constitution was the fundamental, highest law of the country and its authority extended to Hong Kong as well.
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“All Chinese people, including Hongkongers, and all state institutions have to safeguard the dignity of the constitution and ensure its implementation,” he said.
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