Britain will shelve its extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday in response to the national security legislation for Hong Kong that the ...
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at Downing Street ahead of a cabinet meeting in London, Britain, Jul 14, 2020. LONDON: Britain will on Monday suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony, British newspapers reported.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who on Sunday accused China of"gross" human rights violations, will announce the suspension of the treaty in parliament, the Times and Daily Telegraph newspapers said, citing sources.Such a move would be another nail in the coffin of what former Prime Minister David Cameron has cast as a"golden era" of ties with the world's second largest economy.
But London has been dismayed by a crackdown in Hong Kong and the perception that China did not tell the whole truth over the novel coronavirus outbreak.Advertisement
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