2021-03-02 05:35:29 GMT2021-03-02 13:35:29(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
GENEVA, March 1 (Xinhua) The national security law in Hong Kong has been a stabilizing force for the city, and stability and order have been restored there, officials said Monday on an online side-meeting during the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
After a video clip at the meeting s beginning that shows great strides in Hong Kong since the national security law was implemented, John Lee Ka-chiu, secretary for security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, told the meeting that the effect of the law is obvious and direct.
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On Sunday, 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion over accusations they organised unofficial primary elections aiming to “paralyse” the government by winning a majority and blocking legislation. The election was ultimately postponed for a year, purportedly because of the pandemic. All face terms of up to life in prison if convicted. Before they reported to police stations across the city to be detained, some sent messages to their supporters about justice, hope and endurance.
Here are some of their messages, translated and compiled by independent researcher Eliot Chen:
2021-02-28 04:36:10 GMT2021-02-28 12:36:10(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) Over 20 years ago, at the night of Hong Kong returning to the motherland and being no longer a British colony, Ma Chi-sing, a civil servant, did not feel much difference in his heart.
His life remained unchanged and so did his work. He and his colleagues continued to use the paper with a crown on it, and everything seemed to be the same as before. When I became a civil servant, I was told to be loyal to the British Queen, Ma said. I didn t have the concept of China as my country then.