Pompeo: "Hong Kong is a Communist Party City... Implementation of Special Status Revocation"

Concerns Over Enforcement of Hong Kong Security Law on Americans
Xinjiang Region Begins Regulating Wig Imports

Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, briefing [Photo by Reuters]

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo emphasized that Hong Kong is now a city under the Chinese Communist Party and that he will continue to carry out President Donald Trump's directive to end the special status granted to Hong Kong in relation to the implementation of China's Hong Kong National Security Law.

On the 1st (local time), Secretary Pompeo said at a briefing, "Free Hong Kong was one of the most stable, prosperous, and dynamic cities in the world," adding, "Now it is just another city run by the Communist Party."

Secretary Pompeo pointed out that Americans could be subject to Article 38 of the Hong Kong National Security Law and emphasized that this law is an insult to all countries.

According to Article 38 of the Hong Kong National Security Law, the law can also apply to non-permanent residents living abroad. The law stipulates that even those who are not permanent residents of Hong Kong can be subject to the law if they violate it outside of Hong Kong. Non-permanent residents may be deported, and companies may be fined.

Secretary Pompeo also stated that several U.S. agencies have issued business advisories regarding companies linked to supply chains involved with organizations implicated in forced labor and other human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region.

In this regard, the online media Axios reported that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently detained about 13 tons of wigs and other products suspected to be manufactured through forced labor in the Xinjiang region of western China at a U.S. port.

Axios evaluated that this is in accordance with U.S. law prohibiting the import of goods produced by forced labor, suggesting that the CBP has obtained strong evidence linking these products to forced labor.

Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a law allowing sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses against Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region.

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