The Hong Kong government has rebutted international criticism of the city’s first arrests under a new, homegrown security law and the trial of Hong Kong’s 47 democrats, after a US government body said Thursday’s verdict showed “the Chinese Communist Party is pulling the strings” in Hong Kong. In a statement issued on Thursday night, the government condemned the Western countries’ accusation as “simply do not stand up to the facts.” Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), an agency of the US government, criticised verdicts of the landmark case concerning 47 democrats on Thursday, ur…
