Australia Should ‘Fast Track’ Powerful Laws to Sanction Chinese Officials Involved in Passing Hong Kong Security Law

Australia Should ‘Fast Track’ Powerful Laws to Sanction Chinese Officials Involved in Passing Hong Kong Security Law
Undercover police arrest and handcuff a pro-democracy demonstrator (C) during a pro-democracy protest in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on May 10, 2020. Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images
Daniel Y. Teng
Updated:

Australia should “fast-track” new laws to give the government power to sanction and freeze the assets of Chinese communist officials involved in passing controversial security laws over Hong Kong.

Michael Shoebridge, a defence expert at the Australia Strategic Policy Institute told The Epoch Times that like the Tiananmen Square massacre this was a moment for “democratic nations to act.”

Daniel Y. Teng
Daniel Y. Teng
Writer
Daniel Y. Teng is based in Brisbane, Australia. He focuses on national affairs, including federal politics and Australia-China relations. Got a tip? Contact him at [email protected].
twitter
Related Topics