The government has been urged pull all British judges from Hong Kong courts after Beijing’s $1 million bounty threat to UK-based pro-democracy activists.
The call was made in the House of Lords on Tuesday as peers demanded action against the ongoing transnational threat from the Chinese Communist Party.
In the Commons, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly was urged to drop any plans to visit China, with one senior Tory back bencher telling ministers, “Frankly tough words need to be followed by tough actions.”
Authorities in the former British territory issued arrest warrants for eight pro-democracy activists who fled to Britain, the United States, Canada, and Australia for alleged violations of the communist regime’s national security law….