Hong Kong Government Claims Protesters’ Demand for Updated US-Hong Kong Policy Amounts to Foreign Interference

Tens of thousands of Hongkongers take to the streets urging the U.S. government to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 in Hong Kong, on Sept. 8, 2019. Yu Gang/The Epoch Times

Following a massive march in Hong Kong where protesters called on the U.S. Congress to pass a human rights bill, the Hong Kong government responded by saying no to “foreign” interference.

“The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government expresses regret over the re-introduction of the Act and reiterates that foreign legislatures should not interfere in any form in the internal affairs of the HKSAR,” the Hong Kong government stated in a press release responding to Sept. 8 march.