THE principal official of the Liaison Office of the Chinese Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) yesterday firmly opposed and strongly condemned the U.S. House of Representatives’ passing of the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019.

“The U.S. Congress and a handful of politicians are turning a blind eye to the severe and violent crimes that have happened in Hong Kong, disregarding facts and calling black white,” the principal official of the liaison office said in a statement.

They are glorifying the reckless acts of arson, store vandalism and violent assaulting of police officers as issues concerning human rights and democracy, maliciously defamed the China’s Government and the HKSAR Government, the official said.

The passage of the Hong Kong-related act is obviously intended to support the extremists and radicals in Hong Kong and is a blatant interference in Hong Kong affairs and China’s internal affairs as a whole, the official added.

Some U.S. politicians are pointing fingers at Hong Kong affairs, which exposes their double standard given their handlings of violence in history, shows their extreme hypocrisy on human rights and democracy issues, and lays bare their evil intention to undermine Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability and contain China’s development, the official said.

On the same day, Yang Guang, spokesperson for the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, also made serious protest to and strongly condemned the passing of the act.

Yang said the move was a gross intervention in China’s internal affairs, a blatant backing for the Hong Kong opposition and violent radicals, and a full revelation of the U.S. House of Representatives’ and some politicians’ political calculations, who attempt to contain the development of China through playing the “Hong Kong card.”

The disturbance, originated from proposed ordinance amendments, has become ever more violent. It is inescapably related to overt or covert support from the U.S. side to anti-China rioters in the city, Yang said. (Xinhua)