Hello everyone, I am Hong Kong Ko Sir ,Since the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government consulted on the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law, the smearing efforts of overseas anti-China and anti-Hong Kong organizations and politicians have never stopped! Yesterday, Overseas organizations such as "Hong Kong Watchdog" and "Human Rights Watch" and other so-called "civil organizations" have issued a joint statement condemning the legislation, claiming that the proposed provisions are vague and criminalize peaceful exercise of human rights, including the rights to freedom of association, assembly, speech, and press. The statement also claims that the scope of Article 23 legislation will include any peaceful criticism of the government. The statement further alleges that "the introduction of Article 23 will bring more serious consequences to human rights than the National Security Law implemented by Beijing in 2020." The statement also urges the governments of the United States and other countries to "impose new sanctions on Hong Kong. They need to send a clear and strong message to the Chinese government: suppression will have consequences."
Facing such smearing and fallacies, I must point out that Article 23 of the Basic Law stipulates that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall, on its own, legislate to prohibit any acts of treason, secession, sedition, subversion of the Central People's Government, and theft of state secrets. It also prohibits foreign political organizations or groups from carrying out political activities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and prohibits political organizations or groups in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from establishing links with foreign political organizations or groups. The legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law refers to the enactment of local legislation to implement the provisions of Article 23. Hong Kong must complete the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law as soon as possible to fulfill this constitutional responsibility. It must be emphasized that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region still has the responsibility and practical need to complete the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law to prohibit acts and activities that are also harmful to national security, apart from the four types of crimes stipulated in the Hong Kong National Security Law.
Furthermore, these so-called "civil organizations" that claim to be concerned about Hong Kong are mostlyall located in foreign countries, and despite their claims of concern, they almost unanimously issue anti-China and anti-Hong Kong rhetoric, and there are significant doubts about the authenticity of their statements! In fact, after checking the data, I found that some of the so-called "civil organizations" that participated in the signing have only a few dozen followers on social media platforms, and they are suspected of being "shell organizations" with no representativeness.