Lawmakers Call for Weighing Sanctions on Hong Kong Police Official
The leaders of the House Select Committee on China urged the State Department to consider sanctioning Hong Kong Police Commissioner Joe Chow Yat-ming for his role in the Chinese territory's crackdown on pro-democracy activists.
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In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio released July 10, Reps. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill. -- the committee’s chairman and ranking member, respectively -- said that Chinese Communist Party-directed officials continue to undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms, even though the State Department sanctioned six Hong Kong government and police officials for such conduct in March (see 2503310041).
The lawmakers noted that one of those officials, then-Hong Kong Police Commissioner Raymond Siu, retired shortly after the sanctions were imposed. While those sanctions "sent a message that the United States stands with Hong Kongers," Siu was replaced by Chow, "ushering in a new official to abide by Beijing’s orders," the letter said.
The State Department had no immediate comment on the letter.