After Tang Ping-keung’s Criticism, Hong Kong Government Again Condemns Hong Kong Watch Joint Statement as “Utter Hypocrisy and Double Standards”
鄧炳強點名批評後 港府再發聲明譴責香港監察聯署聲明 斥是「徹頭徹尾的偽善和雙重標準」
After Secretary for Security and Response and Rebuttal Team chief Tang Ping-keung singled out Hong Kong Watch and other organisations for criticism over their joint statement on Article 23 of the Basic Law, the Hong Kong government issued another statement on the same day (20th), strongly condemning and opposing the remarks and describing them as deliberately smearing and irresponsible. The government statement said the organisations had given no consideration whatsoever to the relevant laws of the countries where they are based, and falsely claimed that the proposed Article 23 legislation would undermine human rights. It condemned this as “utter hypocrisy” and “double standards”.
繼保安局局長、應變反駁隊隊長鄧炳強點名批評「香港監察」及其他組織，就《基本法》23條的聯署聲明，港府同日（20日）亦再發聲明，強烈譴責和反對有關言論，形容是刻意抹黑及不負責任。港府聲明中指，有關組織絲毫不考慮其所在國家的相關法律，妄稱23條立法建議損害人權，斥責是「徹頭徹尾的偽善」和「雙重標準」。