Hong Kong citizens are encouraging activists of the democratic movement to return to prison after being tried on the 3rd. Hong Kong = Reuters Yonhap News
The cost of not making a pledge of allegiance was dismissal. The Chinese government has begun to spearhead the Hong Kong public officials. 200 officials were stripped of their clothes for failing to pledge allegiance to the Hong Kong National Security Law (Hong Kong Security Law), which went into effect in June of last year. It also operates a surveillance network to find out whether or not to swear by camouflage. The pressure of the Xi Jinping regime to cut off the growth of Hong Kong’s democratic camp through the use of laws and systems is becoming more and more blatant.
The Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP) said on the 9th that about 200 Hong Kong officials were in danger of being fired. Initially, it was a pledge of loyalty that the Hong Kong government has requested from 180,000 public officials since October last year. 200 of them were those who refused to sign the statement that they are loyal to the Hong Kong Basic Law and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Hong Kong Secretary General Patrick Nib said, “The unsigned person will have to withdraw from public office”, and Wang Yi, a member of the State Council for Foreign Affairs in China and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, said, “It is natural for public officials to be loyal to the country.” did.
Even if you sign, you will be penalized for future violations. The pledge included a phrase stating that “Hong Kong independence or any conduct that is harmful to the interests of Hong Kong as a whole is prohibited,” opening a way for them to be expelled from public office at any time if they engage in anti-Chinese activities at a later date. For example, attending the Tiananmen Memorial Ceremony held on June 4th every year in Victoria Park, Hong Kong is also subject to punishment.
Since the enforcement of the Hong Kong Security Act, the Chinese government has gradually dominated the Hong Kong public office. Originally, the pledge of loyalty was only required by the administrative minister and high-ranking officials, but last month the scope was extended to the congressional office. Rejecting the oath of loyalty, congressman Gu will not be allowed to run for the next five years. Considering the fact that the pan-democracy camp won overwhelming victory in the district assembly elections in 2019, it cannot but be interpreted as a norim-soo who will drive them out of the political sphere.
The United States is an amendment to the Hong Kong Election Law, which is most likely to be adopted at the National People’s Congress of China (Non-in University), which closes on the 11th. The draft has not yet come out, but the right to recommend the electoral group (117) that was granted to the congressman is expected to be removed. Without even the right to recommend the electoral group, the passage through which the current council, which is currently dominated by the pan-democratic camp (80%), will virtually disappear.
The US Daily New York Times (NYT) was concerned that “there is a high possibility that the Hong Kong democratic forces will be blocked from entering the political world due to the revision of the election law.” An official who was involved in the actual draft election law revealed to the NYT that it would be possible to eradicate those who are not loyal to China, saying they intend to tame public office.
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