Bipartisan Commission Asks San Francisco Police to Investigate Violence During APEC Summit

Published on November 29, 2023

A congressional commission is urging the San Francisco Police Department to investigate online videos showing violence committed by pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) supporters against human rights activists during the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the chair and co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), issued a statement on Nov. 28, saying they are “outraged by videos showing harassment and assault against human rights advocates” who were in San Francisco to protest against CCP leader Xi Jinping’s trip to the United States and the Chinese regime’s “ongoing human rights abuses.”...

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