First Minister for Northern Ireland Arlene Foster has disputed Chinese accounts saying she and her deputy “understand and respect” China’s new national security law instituted in Hong Kong. Photo: EPA-EFE First Minister for Northern Ireland Arlene Foster has disputed Chinese accounts saying she and her deputy “understand and respect” China’s new national security law instituted in Hong Kong. Photo: EPA-EFE
First Minister for Northern Ireland Arlene Foster has disputed Chinese accounts saying she and her deputy “understand and respect” China’s new national security law instituted in Hong Kong. Photo: EPA-EFE
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National security law: Northern Ireland says Chinese diplomats distorted leader’s remarks

  • Chinese consulate quotes First Minister Arlene Foster that she and her deputy ‘understand and respect’ the law
  • Foster’s response that the account ‘misrepresents what was said’ is the latest in a series of European complaints about Chinese reporting

Topic |   Hong Kong national security law (NSL)
Stuart Lau
Stuart Lau

Updated: 1:32am, 12 Aug, 2020

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First Minister for Northern Ireland Arlene Foster has disputed Chinese accounts saying she and her deputy “understand and respect” China’s new national security law instituted in Hong Kong. Photo: EPA-EFE First Minister for Northern Ireland Arlene Foster has disputed Chinese accounts saying she and her deputy “understand and respect” China’s new national security law instituted in Hong Kong. Photo: EPA-EFE
First Minister for Northern Ireland Arlene Foster has disputed Chinese accounts saying she and her deputy “understand and respect” China’s new national security law instituted in Hong Kong. Photo: EPA-EFE
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