London Spy Case Fuels Call to Close Hong Kong Trade Offices

Published on May 25, 2024

UK rights activists are calling for the closure of Hong Kong trade offices following spy allegations involving a trade office manager in London. He was charged under the UK’s new National Security Act with assisting foreign intelligence services and foreign interference on May 13. Hong Kong Watch, a non-governmental organization monitoring the conditions of human rights, freedoms, and the rule of law in Hong Kong, advocates that countries gradually cancel Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (HKETO), just like they cancelled another Beijing-funded program, Confucius Institutes. “It makes no sense to continue to give HKETOs special diplomatic privileges, especially as, in effect, they now function as an arm of the Chinese embassy,” Benedict Rogers, co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, said in a recent interview with The Epoch Times....

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