The U.S. State Department announced Monday that it is sanctioning four Chinese and Hong Kong officials involved in the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, including Li Jiangzhou, deputy director of the National Security Agency in Beijing, Deng Zhonghua, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the People’s Republic of China, Liu Chihui, head of the National Security Division of the Hong Kong Police Force, and Senior Superintendent Li Guihua.
The U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said in a statement Monday that the officers were involved in the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, which threatens the peace, security and autonomy of Hong Kong.
The four officials will be barred from entering the United States and their assets in the United States, or in the possession or control of a U.S. owner, will be frozen, Mr. Pompeo said. The actions underscore the United States’ determination to hold key figures accountable for endangering the freedom and autonomy of the people of Hong Kong.
Pompeo called on Beijing to abide by the international commitments made in the U.N.-registered Sino-British Joint Declaration.
In August, the U.S. sanctioned 11 Hong Kong, Chinese officials, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Hong Kong Police Commissioner Deng Bingqiang, Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of China Xia Baolong, Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of China Zhang Xiaoming, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong Luo Huining, and Beijing’s Director of the National Security Agency in Hong Kong Zheng Yanxiong, for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy.
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