Against external intervention! 1.65 million Hong Kong citizens sign and submit to US Consulate

This (2nd) morning, representatives of the United Front for national security legislation from all walks of life in Hong Kong came to the US Consulate General in Hong Kong in central and submitted the signatures of more than 1.65 million Hong Kong citizens collected on the Internet earlier in order to protest against the gross interference of the United States and other external forces in China’s internal affairs and Hong Kong affairs. Yan Wenyu, Deputy Secretary General of the Hong Kong Democratic Alliance for the betterment of Hong Kong, GE peifan, member of the Legislative Council of the Democratic Alliance for the betterment of Hong Kong, Wu Qiubei, President of the Hong Kong Federation of trade unions, as well as Hong Kong citizens, came to the scene.

At the scene of the protest, people held up giant banners with the words of “anti US intervention by external forces”, held up placards with the words “Hong Kong national security law protects the country and homeland” and “American black hands poison young people”. They chanted slogans such as “opposing US intervention and supporting national security legislation”, expressing their dissatisfaction with the continuous intervention of the US government in Hong Kong affairs.

Wu Qiubei, deputy to the National People’s Congress of Hong Kong and President of the Hong Kong Federation of trade unions, presented the poster with a total number of signatures of 1651068. “We came to the U.S. Consulate with more than 1.65 million signatures of Hong Kong citizens and denounced that the United States has been interfering in Hong Kong affairs for a long time and giving directions to Hong Kong’s national security law,” Wu said He mentioned that the United States has many national security laws of its own, but accused Hong Kong of being an obvious double standard. “We urge the United States to stop as soon as possible, otherwise it will only insult itself.”

Chen Yong, deputy to the National People’s Congress of Hong Kong and President of the new socialist Federation, also pointed out that American politicians are not Chinese citizens, let alone Hong Kong citizens, and have no right to interfere in Hong Kong affairs. I hope that all of you will unite and oppose the invasion of Hong Kong by the United States and other external forces.

He Junyao, a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, held up his microphone and said, “we are here today to call on the United States to” come back to our shores “and not to do anything harmful to Sino US relations He Junyao criticized the United States for threatening to sanction Hong Kong, saying, “the world is very big, not you, the United States is the largest. Hong Kong’s national security legislation is justified and has nothing to do with Americans.