UK Government Urged to Review Hong Kong Official Outpost in London

The UK government has been called to consider closing a Hong Kong trade office in London over suspected “transnational repression.” A group of cross-party parliamentarians and press groups urged the government to “review the status and privileges granted to the London Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) through amending the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996. The call came after one of HKETO’s employees in London, along with two others, were charged last week under the UK’s new National Security Act, accused of spying for Hong Kong and entering a residential address by force. The defendants have not yet entered pleas to the charges....