Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong warns foreign powers not to interfere

FILE PHOTO: Introducing of National Security law placards are placed at a secondary school, ahead of National Security Education Day, in Hong Kong, China April 12, 2021. Picture taken April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

HONG KONG — Beijing’s top representative in Hong Kong said on Thursday that any foreign powers that try to use the global financial center as a pawn will face counter measures, amid escalating tensions between the city and Western governments.

Luo Huining, the director at China’s Hong Kong Liaison Office, was speaking at a ceremony to mark National Security Education Day.

Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong last June that Western governments have condemned as an effort to crush dissent in the former British colony.