Original headline: Global Times editorial: Brinken’s “position” has nothing to do with freedom of the press
On the 29th, the Hong Kong police arrested He Yunshi and other 6 senior and former senior officials of “Stance News” on suspicion of conspiring to publish seditious publications in violation of Sections 9 and 10 of the Criminal Offences Ordinance. “Stance News” announced the suspension of operations, all employees were disbanded, and a number of people involved in the case were wanted by the police. This is a natural law enforcement action taken by Hong Kong. The majority of patriots and Hong Kong patriots said that the news came with great satisfaction.
But how can individual politicians in the United States and the West easily let go of such a just act? U.S. Secretary of State Blincol, along with the British Minister of State for Asian Affairs and Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, appeared immediately, and successively issued statements of condemnation against Hong Kong, calling out grievances for those involved in the case. All this seems to be based on a script that has already been written.
First of all, it needs to be emphasized that “Stance News”, under the cloak of a media organization, is essentially an anti-China organization that disrupts Hong Kong from the ground up. It was established by several radical opposition parties after the “Occupy Central Farce” at the end of 2014. From its establishment to its dissolution, its “position” was to fight against China and disrupt Hong Kong, and it has not changed. The reports and articles it publishes also revolve around this “position.” Initially, it wanted to lead the failed “Occupy Central Movement” into a violent movement; in the “Regulations Amendment Disturbance” in 2019, “Situation News” even played the role of instigator of violence.
I wonder if Mr. Brinken has read the “Stance News” article? In May of this year, “Position News” reprinted an article entitled “Looking at the Future of Hong Kong’s Resistance Movement from the Experience of the Northern Ireland Struggle”. The article incited Hong Kong people to follow the “Irish Republican Army” model to carry out “resistance activities” in Hong Kong. . And Mr. Brinken should know that the “Irish Republican Army” is recognized as a terrorist organization by many countries including the United Kingdom. The “True Irish Republican Army” that has separated from the organization and is still active is currently linked to the US Department of State terrorist organization. In the list. If an American media published a study of the al-Qaeda organization model to “strike” in Washington, and even their reporters directly participated in attacking Congress, would Mr. Brinken still consider this to be “freedom of the press” and tolerate it?
There is also an immediate fact that Mr. Brinken should not forget: In January this year, on the third day after the US Capitol Hill was hit, Mark Warner, who was about to become chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote letters to 11 telecommunications networks. And social media companies, including Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc., require them to immediately save data on the demonstrators who attacked Congress in order to arrest relevant persons. Washington has also established a commission of inquiry, which is likely to hold accountable those who did not participate in the attack on Congress but who have made inflammatory comments. May I ask Mr. Brinken, do you think this is suppressing “press freedom”?
No country or government can tolerate acts of incitement to riots and hatred. China has never given any pointers on how the United States should deal with the demonstrators who have attacked Congress, nor has it arrogantly demanded that the United States “release people.” Similarly, how to deal with “position news” related personnel will be determined by Hong Kong law. Politicians in Western countries, such as Blincoln, have neither legal qualifications nor legitimate reasons to point fingers at them.
“Stance News” has frozen 61 million Hong Kong dollars in assets, which is the largest amount of money involved in a case in the history of the Hong Kong National Security Agency. “Position News” does not have a subscription fee, claiming that it “does not receive sponsorship” and there are not many advertisements. Senior Superintendent Li Guihua of the National Security Service asked, why is “Position News” sufficient funds to establish a British branch? We also want to ask the question, is it because Washington is so anxious and frustrated because of the funding of the United States behind it?
For a long time, some American and Western politicians have regarded Hong Kong as an “anti-China bridgehead.” Nowadays, seeing that the grasping hands of their intentions are eradicated one by one, their unwillingness and anger can be imagined, but they can only vent their anger by issuing a “statement of condemnation.” Hong Kong will never become a paradise for gangsters as they wish.
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