Spokesperson of the Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong: Hong Kong will not bear the blame for human trafficking

China News Service, October 9. According to the WeChat official account of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, the spokesperson of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the release of the so-called "2026 Human Trafficking Report" by the US State Department, which ignored the facts, maliciously slandered the efforts and effectiveness of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in combating human trafficking, and distorted and discredited the Hong Kong National Security Law and the "National Security Regulations." The spokesperson of the Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition.

The spokesperson said that the relevant US report is full of subjective conjecture and political bias, is biased and has no credibility at all. The SAR government has always adhered to a zero-tolerance attitude and has been unswervingly proactive in combating human trafficking. It has established a full-chain working system that includes more than 50 relevant laws and regulations, victim identification and assistance, law enforcement and prosecution, rights protection, and personnel training. Its practical achievements are obvious to all. On the other hand, the United States, as the area hardest hit by human trafficking, still bills itself as a "Category 1 country." No matter how hard the US tries to cover up, it cannot change the irrefutable fact that it is an important source, transit and destination country of forced labor.

The spokesperson emphasized that since the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, Hong Kong has achieved a transition from chaos to governance and has taken steps towards governance and rejuvenation. Today's Hong Kong society is stable and orderly, and has once again become one of the safest cities in the world. Hong Kong's National Security Law and the "Ordinance on Safeguarding National Security" clearly stipulate that human rights should be respected and protected in safeguarding national security, and the legal rights of the general public and foreigners in Hong Kong are fully protected. The United States turns a blind eye to the facts before it and forcibly uses the issue of human trafficking to stigmatize Hong Kong's national security laws and Hong Kong's good situation. Hong Kong will never bear this "pot".

The spokesman pointed out that Hong Kong affairs are China's internal affairs. Any attempt to smear and suppress Hong Kong cannot stop the steady and long-term development of "one country, two systems" and the continued prosperity and development of Hong Kong. We are telling the United States to seriously examine its domestic problems, reflect on itself, earnestly abide by the principles of international law and basic norms of international relations, and immediately stop publishing such political show reports and stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs!