US Imposes Sanctions on Four Chinese Officials Over Hong Kong Crackdown

US Imposes Sanctions on Four Chinese Officials Over Hong Kong Crackdown
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the U.S. State Department in Washington on Sept. 21, 2020. Patrick Semansky/Pool via REUTERS
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WASHINGTON—The United States on Nov. 9 imposed sanctions on four more Chinese officials in Hong Kong’s governing and security establishment over their alleged roles in crushing dissent in the former British colony.

The U.S. Treasury and State Department identified the four as Deng Zhonghua, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office; Edwina Lau, deputy commissioner of police in Hong Kong, and Li Jiangzhou and Li Kwai-wah, two officials at the newly established national security office in Hong Kong.