Hong Kong: National Security
Commons · Question 28407 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 14 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with Hong Kong officials on the use of Hong Kong’s national security legislation to prosecute individuals for commemorating the victims of the 198
Answer
Answered by Chris Elmore, 14 Sep 2026
As the Minister for the Indo-Pacific said in her statement of 21 August, the convictions of Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan are a further demonstration that even peaceful acts of remembrance in Hong Kong are now treated by the authorities as threats to n...