Beijing slams US, UK, Australia and EU over Jimmy Lai sentencing remarks

2026-02-14 - 12:07

The Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong has lodged “solemn representations” against negative remarks made by officials and politicians from Britain, the United States, Australia and the European Union concerning Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s sentencing. The Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong issued a statement on Saturday, saying it had summoned representatives from the countries and the bloc in the city on Wednesday and Thursday. “The Commissioner’s Office lodged...