Britain still trying to meddle in HK affairs

Subsequent to the British House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee's report that attempts to tarnish the implementation of "one country, two systems" in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by coining the new term "one country, one and a half systems", a group of British politicians went a step further on Monday by trying to intervene in the SAR's legislative process.

In a brazen intervention in the internal affairs of the SAR, 14 Members of Parliament suggested the British government consider whether the proposed amendment to Hong Kong's extradition law, which was tabled last Wednesday at the Legislative Council, may affect existing rendition agreements between London and Hong Kong.

The amendment is intended to plug a legal loophole which has threatened to turn Hong Kong into a haven for criminals, as at present fugitives cannot be returned to other parts of China and be brought to justice.