As expected, following the suspension of hong kong's apple daily and apple action news sites, individual politicians from a small number of western countries, such as the united states and the united kingdom, openly denigrate chinaFreedom of the pressI'm sorry. This statement is absurd. The issue of the daily apple had nothing to do with freedom of the press, but rather with the violation of the national security laws of hong kong. In the name of “freedom of the press”, some in the united states and the west are openly interfering in hong kong's affairs and interfering in china's internal affairs, in grave violation of the fundamental principles of international law and international relations. The chinese people, including the people of hong kong, are deeply outraged and firmly opposed
It is important to know from the outside that the suspension of the apple daily and apple press sites is a decision of its own board of directors. Recently, the hksar government has taken action against the persons and institutions concerned with the daily apple newspaper in relation to their alleged acts against national security. The so-called “forced closure” cannot be mentioned。
Some in the united states and the west deliberately avoided the issue of the apple daily's own business, and the hong kong sar government “spoiled” with the aim of disrupting china's development, including the hong kong sar. According to the hong kong media, the daily apple has long been poorly run, living on political “black gold”. Such a “media” does not operate on a normal basis to attract customers, and it is not surprising that it is going to end。
According to the hong kong police, on 18 january, the hong kong police and national security service formally prosecuted a person associated with the daily apple newspaper for alleged violation of article 29 of the hong kong national security act, which refers to conspiracy “to conspire with foreign or foreign forces against national security”. The law on which the hong kong police are based is very clear that it is not up to some in the united states and the west to say so。
One wonders which country in the world can allow “freedom of the press and expression” to endanger national security? What would happen if the acts of those involved in the apple daily were to take place in western america
The day after the us congress hill riots last january, then-united states leaders were silenced by various social media outlets in the united states for “incitement to violence”. How has the hong kong police acted in accordance with the law against the personnel and institutions associated with the apple daily newspaper, and some in the united states and the west changed completely? This one."Double"the drama is truly amazing。
Indeed, those western americans who shouted “freedom of the press” did nothing but trample on “freedom of the press”。
It will be recalled that media workers were shot, beaten, kicked, sprayed pepper water or arrested by the police during the massive protests that swept across the united states last year. Is this the "freedom of the press" of the american side
Just on 22 december, the united states government closed more than 30 websites used by iranian media for “sanctions violations”. Where is the “freedom of the press” that some people on the american side have called out? Many analyses point out that this is yet another example of the “freedom of the press” being used by the united states as a political tool to suppress opponents。
It's just the same. Because of the contrast between the international news coverage of russian television today and the mainstream media in the west, the british side has punished them on several occasions, even closing all its bank accounts in the united kingdom. Is this “freedom of the press”
As can be seen, “freedom of the press” by some in the united states and the west is not a lie to anyone. The basic law of hong kong and the national security law of hong kong explicitly guarantee hong kong residents the freedom of expression and freedom of the press, in accordance with the law, without the use of irrelevant persons。
On the contrary, the more some people in the united states and the west frame up hong kong's police to act in accordance with the law, the more they remind the world of the countless “large double-platform scenes” and the more they expose some western politicians in the united states, the true ones who are crushing the media and stifling freedom of the pressInternational reviewCommentators)
