This photo dated April 21, 2021 shows the Central Government Offices at Tamar, Hong Kong. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's government has strongly objected to the unfounded remarks in the European Parliament’s 2021 annual report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy. 

In a statement, a spokesperson for the HKSAR government said the HKSAR is an inalienable part of the People's Republic of China and a local administrative region which enjoys a high degree of autonomy and comes directly under the Central People's Government.

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"As the highest organ of state power in the PRC, the National People's Congress has the constitutional power and duty to enact the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a piece of national legislation applied to the HKSAR as provided for in the Basic Law," the spokesperson said.

The HKSAR government will continue to firmly oppose and guard against foreign forces interfering in the internal affairs of Hong Kong, according to a Hong Kong government spokesperson

Since the implementation of the National Security Law in 2020, stability has been restored in Hong Kong society, the spokesperson said.

Surveys have shown wide public support for the National Security Law and much lessened anxiety among the international business community based in Hong Kong after the implementation of the law.

The remarks in the report referring to the National Security Law as a "crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy and freedoms" could hardly be substantiated, the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson stress that all law enforcement actions taken by Hong Kong law enforcement agencies are based on evidence, strictly according to the law and have nothing to do with the occupation, background or political stance of the individuals concerned. All prosecutorial decisions made by the Department of Justice are based on evidence, applicable laws and the Prosecution Code, and are free from any interference, the spokesperson added. 

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The HKSAR government will continue to firmly oppose and guard against foreign forces interfering in the internal affairs of Hong Kong, according to the spokesperson.

"Such repeated attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of our country and to misrepresent the principle of 'one country, two systems' and its implementation in the HKSAR are futile and disgusting," the spokesperson said.