British banks in Hong Kong, including HSBC, have been complicit in suppressing human rights by proactively supporting Beijing’s National Security Law, a group of UK lawmakers found in an inquiry.
In a report published on Wednesday, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hong Kong said there are “numerous instances” where banks have denied Hongkongers access to their pensions and other funds.
On June 30, 2020, Beijing imposed a wide-ranging and vaguely-worded national security law, effectively banning dissent in or outside of Hong Kong.
Then-British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the enactment of the law constituted “a clear and serious breach” of the Sino-British Joint Declaration….