Published on : 08/06/2022 – 05:58
Hong Kong is not becoming a “police state”, the security official said on Tuesday, June 7, a few days following the deployment of an impressive police force to prevent the commemoration of the Tiananmen crackdown, long tolerated by the authorities. from the city. The once semi-autonomous territory is set to change its chief executive and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the handover of the former British colony to China. Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected on July 1 to attend this double event. Asked by the HK01 news site regarding a tightening of security measures on the occasion, police chief Raymond Siu Chak-yee dismissed criticism that the police had become too powerful, reports the AFP.