I am very encouraged with the effective intervention by the British Government, whose recommendations have been reflected in the revisions of the Article 23 legislation. Following the steps of the British government, the governments of the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc have also made similar statements. The government's handling of the matter has helped its international standing and image on a matter of principle. We congratulate the British government on its achievement and hope it continues to press the HK SAR on this issue.
Despite some amendments during the consultative process, the HK SAR has left intact the aspects of specific concern to Falun Gong and so the Article could still easily be used to ban Falun Gong and other groups that are proscribed on the mainland. Thus the threats to basic human freedoms in Hong Kong remain. We hope that the SAR government and the Jiang regime will genuinely listen to the voices of the people of Hong Kong and stop this article now. We call on the support of all of the governments and people of the world to help us stop this unjust article now."
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