中國聲稱她必須采取行動，阻止香港的分裂主義 (圖)
China says it must act to deter Hong Kong separatism
Essential News from The Associated Press
Nov. 6, 2016 12:21 AM ET
By GILLIAN WONG
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing must intervene in a Hong Kong political dispute
to deter advocates of independence for the city, China's top legislative
panel said, calling their actions a threat to national security.
The Standing Committee of China's rubberstamp legislature, the National
People's Congress, said in a statement that Beijing could not afford to
do nothing in the face of challenges in Hong Kong to China's authority,
the official Xinhua News Agency reported late Saturday.
The dispute in Hong Kong centers on a provocative display of anti-China
sentiment by two pro-independence lawmakers, Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-
ching, at their swearing-in ceremony last month.
The legislative panel said the two Hong Kong lawmakers' words and
actions "posed a grave threat to national sovereignty and security,"
Xinhua said.
If such a situation were to persist, the committee said, it would hurt
the interests of Hong Kong's residents and the country's progress. "The
central government cannot sit idly and do nothing," it said.
The statement followed discussions by the top legislative panel on
issuing an interpretation of an article in Hong Kong's constitution,
known as the Basic Law, that covers oaths taken by lawmakers.
Leung and Yau of the radical Youngspiration party altered their oaths to
insert a disparaging Japanese term for China. Displaying a flag reading
"Hong Kong is not China," they vowed to defend the "Hong Kong nation."
Leung crossed his fingers while Yau used the F-word in her pledge.
Their oaths were ruled invalid but attempts at a do-over have resulted
in mayhem in the legislature's weekly sessions.
Saturday's comments indicated the panel intended to use its
interpretation of the article to send a strong message against
separatism — and could ultimately lead to the democratically elected
lawmakers' disqualification from office.
Such an outcome would be favorable to China's Communist leaders, who are
alarmed by the former British colony's burgeoning independence movement,
but is also likely to plunge their troubled relationship into fresh
turmoil.
Maria Tam, a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress, told
reporters in Beijing on Saturday that the legislative panel has the
"final say" on the dispute and that Hong Kong's highest court would
accept the panel's interpretation as binding.
Maria Tam, a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress, walks
out of the National People's Congress conference center in Beijing,
China, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. Beijing plans to intervene in a Hong Kong
political dispute over two young, newly elected separatist lawmakers in
a rare move that is stoking fears the Chinese-ruled city’s considerable
autonomy and independent judiciary are under threat. Tam told reporters
that the NPC has the "final say" on the dispute and that Hong Kong's
highest court would accept the NPC interpretation as binding.(AP
Photo/Ng Han Guan)
反釋法遊行變佔西 四千人夜戰中聯辦
全國人大常委會今日釋法「消獨」，引發中央出手的青年新政立法會議員遊蕙禎和
梁頌恒昨現身反釋法遊行，在港英旗及龍獅旗伴隨下變相佔領德輔道西。包括本土
民主前線在內的本土派組織延續搞亂作風，在無申請不反對通知書下，四千人於遊
行下半場拉隊往中聯辦，抵達後有人號令示威者衝出馬路，遊等多名示威者入夜後
佔據幹諾道西行車線，與警推撞，又投擲雜物，警方多次施放胡椒噴霧及出示紅旗
警告，多人被帶走。其後示威者再佔據德輔道西，癱瘓西環。警方於淩晨採取行動，
驅散示威者，示威者於淩晨二時半，被驅趕至上環一帶。
Newly elected Hong Kong lawmaker Yau Wai-ching, second left, scuffles
with police officers after clashing as thousands of people march in a
Hong Kong street, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. Thousands of protesters marched
in Hong Kong on Sunday, demanding that China’s central government stay
out of a political dispute in the southern Chinese city after Beijing
indicated that it would intervene to deter pro-independence advocates.
AP Photo/Kin Cheung
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