Beijing slams UK’s ‘irresponsible remarks’ on Hong Kong in 6-monthly report

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Beijing criticized Britain after a UK monitoring report said Hong Kong’s national security law had further eroded the city’s openness. The report also raised concerns about the continued imprisonment of former media executive Jimmy Lai, who was sentenced to 20 years under national security offences.

Beijing has slammed “irresponsible remarks” by Britain after a UK report said Hong Kong’s national security law had further diminished the openness that underpinned the city’s success. In the United Kingdom’s latest six-month monitoring report on Hong Kong, released on Thursday, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said he was “deeply concerned and disturbed” by the continued imprisonment of former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who was jailed for 20 years over national security offences. “We continue...