Select Committee on the CCP, CECC Co-Chairs Call for Sanctions on Hong Kong Officials Following Bounties
WASHINGTON, DC – Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, alongside Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Co-Chair, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), sent a letter to Secretary Antony Blinken following the Hong Kong authorities' issuance of bounties on pro-democracy advocates, including a U.S. citizen and a U.S. resident. The letter urges Secretary Blinken to impose sanctions on the Hong Kong and CCP officials who placed these bounties and facilitated this flagrant transnational repression.
The lawmakers wrote, "The Hong Kong authorities’ egregious attempt to intimidate and silence U.S. nationals engaged in peaceful political activism in the United States is outrageous and cannot be met with inaction. We urge the administration to take swift action and impose sanctions on the perpetrators of this reprehensible act of transnational repression. "
The lawmakers request that Secretary Blinken determine whether the following Hong Kong officials meet the criteria for sanctions:
- Paul Lam Ting-kwok, Hong Kong Secretary for Justice
- Raymond Siu Chak-yee, Hong Kong Commissioner of Police
- Margaret Chiu Wing-lan, Assistant Commissioner of Police, National Security
- Dick Wong Chung-chun, Assistant Commissioner of Police, National Security
- Bruce Hung Ngan, Senior Superintendent of Police
- Maggie Yang Mei-kei, Hong Kong Director of Public Prosecutions
- Dong Jingwei, Director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security
Click HERE to read the letter.
Click HERE to read Chairman Gallagher and Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi's statement on the bounties.