Nathan Law

(asked on 23rd January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed the attack on Nathan Law, Hong Kong Legislative Council Member, with the (a) Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, (b) Chinese Foreign Minister, (c) Chinese Ambassador to the UK and (d) UK Ambassador to China.


Answered by
Alok Sharma Portrait
Alok Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 31st January 2017

The UK has not raised this issue with the Chinese and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Governments. I have not discussed the case with the British Ambassador to China, although the British Embassy in Beijing and British Consulate General in Hong Kong continue to monitor developments in respect of this case closely. Under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law, law enforcement is a matter for the Hong Kong authorities. We understand that the Hong Kong police have made a number of arrests in connection with this incident.

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