Member of the European Parliament Writes to Beijing Requesting to Visit Kwok Tsz-Lun, Expresses Unceasing Concern over the Matter
Isabel Santos, a Portuguese Member of the European Parliament, recently wrote to the Chinese government to express her wish to visit Kwok Tsz-Lun, who participated in the anti-extradition law amendment bill movement and was arrested in August for illegal border crossing. Kwok owns both a Chinese as well as a Portuguese passport. Although China does not recognise dual citizenship, Santos deemed it necessary to press the Chinese authority for more details of the detainees and for Kwok’s early release.
Kwok, aged 18 only, is one of the “12 Hong Kong Youths” currently held at the detention centre in Yantian, Shenzhen. His father and his family’s appointed lawyer have yet to be able to reach him.
Santos stated on her personal website earlier that she had written to China’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice requesting to visit 18-year-old Kwok, who holds dual citizenship. She pointed out that Kwok holds both a Portuguese and a Hong Kong passport, but has been detained at the detention centre in Yantian, Shenzhen since August. Santos described the national security law in Hong Kong as “sinister” (Portuguese: Sinistra). Regarding Kwok’s riot charges, she also expressed that the authority has been increasingly using this charge to suppress popular revolts (Portuguese: revolta popular) and the struggle for democracy on the streets of Hong Kong.
In addition to writing to China’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice, Santos also notified the Chinese Ambassador to Lisbon and Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU of this demand. She also asked Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Vice-President of the European Commission, to intervene in the matter, to “safeguard the rights of this Portuguese national”. Santos wrote that she had shared her concerns for Kwok with everyone as he is a student of Portuguese nationality, and at the same time expressed her concerns for the other 11 Hong Kongers in the same circumstance as Kwok. She added that as a member of the European Parliament, she would safeguard human rights and the values of democracy and freedom, undertake any initiatives she deemed necessary and promise to give the matter her unceasingly attention, “This is a cause that should mobilise everyone because of the values we uphold... I would like you to join me in making the demand.”
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Source: Stand News #Nov25
https://bit.ly/3gieQi4
Isabel Santos, a Portuguese Member of the European Parliament, recently wrote to the Chinese government to express her wish to visit Kwok Tsz-Lun, who participated in the anti-extradition law amendment bill movement and was arrested in August for illegal border crossing. Kwok owns both a Chinese as well as a Portuguese passport. Although China does not recognise dual citizenship, Santos deemed it necessary to press the Chinese authority for more details of the detainees and for Kwok’s early release.
Kwok, aged 18 only, is one of the “12 Hong Kong Youths” currently held at the detention centre in Yantian, Shenzhen. His father and his family’s appointed lawyer have yet to be able to reach him.
Santos stated on her personal website earlier that she had written to China’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice requesting to visit 18-year-old Kwok, who holds dual citizenship. She pointed out that Kwok holds both a Portuguese and a Hong Kong passport, but has been detained at the detention centre in Yantian, Shenzhen since August. Santos described the national security law in Hong Kong as “sinister” (Portuguese: Sinistra). Regarding Kwok’s riot charges, she also expressed that the authority has been increasingly using this charge to suppress popular revolts (Portuguese: revolta popular) and the struggle for democracy on the streets of Hong Kong.
In addition to writing to China’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice, Santos also notified the Chinese Ambassador to Lisbon and Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU of this demand. She also asked Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Vice-President of the European Commission, to intervene in the matter, to “safeguard the rights of this Portuguese national”. Santos wrote that she had shared her concerns for Kwok with everyone as he is a student of Portuguese nationality, and at the same time expressed her concerns for the other 11 Hong Kongers in the same circumstance as Kwok. She added that as a member of the European Parliament, she would safeguard human rights and the values of democracy and freedom, undertake any initiatives she deemed necessary and promise to give the matter her unceasingly attention, “This is a cause that should mobilise everyone because of the values we uphold... I would like you to join me in making the demand.”
#HongKong #China #Shenzhen #Yantian #Portugal #Portuguese #KwokTszLun #IsabelSantos #EU #Save12HKYouths #DetentionCentre #12HKers
Source: Stand News #Nov25
https://bit.ly/3gieQi4