HONG KONG - The Commissioner's Office of the Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has strongly disapproved and firmly opposed an open letter written by some members of the European Parliament to the chief executive of the HKSAR.

In a statement issued on Friday, a spokesperson for the office called the move by those European politicians "pure nonsense" and was aimed at interfering with Hong Kong affairs and its rule of law.

The letter, said the spokesperson, has totally distorted the truth, and only exposed again the parliamentarians' ignorance, bias, hypocrisy and arrogance on Hong Kong-related issues.  

The letter has totally distorted the truth, and only exposed again the parliamentarians' ignorance, bias, hypocrisy and arrogance on Hong Kong-related issues

Spokesperson, Commissioner's Office of the Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR

The spokesperson said that the parliamentarians tried to whitewash traitors to the nation -- who have long conspired with foreign forces to mess up Hong Kong -- as "pro-democracy advocates", and the unlawful assembly they plotted, organized and participated in -- which turned into extremist violence -- as "peaceful demonstration", while smearing the Hong Kong police's dutiful law enforcement efforts as "political prosecution". This has only testified again to these parliamentarians' collusion with the anti-China troublemakers in Hong Kong. 

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“Under the pretext of democracy, freedoms and the rule of law, their true motive is to condone violence and crime, weaken the rule of law, and undermine the majority of Hong Kong citizens' freedoms and rights. Even as they hypocritically called for easing tensions and working together during the pandemic, they showed no regard at all for Hong Kong's prosperity and stability and the citizens' overall interests, and blatantly meddled with, exerted pressure on and intimidated the HKSAR government's law-based governance, thus spreading the political virus by inciting political confrontation and fueling tensions,” according to the statement.

The spokesperson pointed out that while there is no denying Hong Kong is an international financial center, it is, first and foremost, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. It is only natural for the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and the central government's Liaison Office in the HKSAR, as specialized bodies of the central government on Hong Kong affairs, to supervise, follow and state on behalf of the central government the solemn position on major issues concerning the relationship between the central government and the HKSAR, faithful implementation of the Basic Law, normal operation of the political system, and overall social interests. It is not only their duty but also their power mandated by the Constitution and the Basic Law.

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“The parliamentarians, however, cheered the anti-China troublemakers on, trampled Hong Kong's rule of law and judicial independence, and meddled with the HKSAR government's law-based governance in an outrageous violation of international law and basic norms governing international relations. It is their interference in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs at large that has posed the real threat to Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy, prosperity and stability, and gravely undermined the ‘one country, two systems’ principle and the spirit of the Basic Law,” according to the statement.

The spokesperson urged the parliamentarians to abide by international law and basic norms governing international relations, face the fact that Hong Kong has long returned to China, stop their clumsy political show and futile interference, stop damaging Hong Kong's rule of law and judicial independence, and stop meddling with Hong Kong affairs, which are China's internal affairs.