The US government has warned Hong Kong activists that they cannot claim asylum at America’s overseas missions, averting a potential diplomatic confrontation with Beijing on Chinese soil.
The US state department issued the warning as an activist group said four Hong Kong political dissidents attempted to enter the US consulate in the territory and claim asylum on Tuesday.
Earlier that day, Tony Chung, a former leader of Studentlocalism, a Hong Kong pro-independence student group, was arrested opposite the US consulate by the national security unit, a branch of the city police force. He was also planning to claim asylum, said the activist group, “Friends of Hong Kong”.
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