UK suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty
(VOVWORLD) -The UK will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong "immediately and indefinitely", in response to China's new national security law in Hong Kong.
 UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. (Photo: CNN) |
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told MPs on Monday that the UK will not restore the extradition treaty with Hong Kong until there are clear signs that extradition from the UK will not be misused.
“The specific measures I’ve announced today are in reasonable and proportionate response to China’s failure to live up to its international obligations to respect Hong Kong,” he said.
The suspension is another nail in the coffin of Prime Minister David Cameron in 2015 cast as a "golden era" of ties with China.