US hits seven individuals with Hong Kong related sanctionsInternational 2021-07-17, by Editor Comments Off 0 The United States has targeted seven Chinese individuals with Hong Kong-related sanctions, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a statement. “The US Departments of State, Commerce, Homeland Security, and the Treasury issued an advisory to highlight growing risks associated with actions undertaken by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) that could adversely affect US companies that operate in the Hong Kong SAR of the People’s Republic of China”, the statement said.