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The so-called Hong Kong Alliance in Support of China’s Democratic Patriotic Movements, an anti-Chinese organization commonly known as the Hong Kong Alliance that has been engaged in troubling activities in Hong Kong for over 30 years, announced that it would dissolve depending on the outcome of a vote from a meeting held on Saturday.
Observers said the long-awaited collapse of the alliance, the most symbolic and enduring openly anti-China union, marks great importance in eradicating well-organized anti-China forces in Hong Kong and the promotion of greater stability for the city. However, members cannot escape their legal responsibility and oversight of the Hong Kong National Security Law even after its dissolution.
The alliance held a special general meeting to vote on the dissolution on Saturday afternoon and passed the dissolution motion by 41 to four, with no abstentions, Hong Kong media reported. The organization had previously said it would go into liquidation immediately if approved by three-quarters of the members present.
A spokesperson for the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office said in a statement on Saturday that the dissolution of the alliance is inevitable and that the office strongly supports the Hong Kong SAR government. in further investigating the alleged illegal activities of the alliance in accordance with the law.
The spokesperson said the alliance had proposed a subversion of state power since its founding and had incited the population to hostility and even hatred towards the central government by spreading rumors and organizing rallies. illegal. The organization also joined forces with outside forces and sparked a “color revolution” in the city. It is clear that what the alliance has done has seriously compromised national security.
The dissolution of the alliance, following the dissolution of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union, said that such well-organized and open anti-China organizations have “essentially disappeared” in Hong Kong, Lawrence Tang Fei, member of the ‘Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies, the Global Times told the Global Times on Saturday.
As the most active and long-term anti-China organization in Hong Kong, the alliance has finally come to an end, leaving a serious lesson for other anti-China groups and spoiling Hong Kong, if any remain. These remaining groups will most likely go underground, which could lead to their association with US-led foreign forces for financial or technical support, he said.
The alliance’s dissolution came after a local radical student organization, “Student Politicism,” announced its dissolution on social media on Friday. The “head” of “student politicism,” Wong Yat-chin, and the group’s general secretary, Chan Chi-sum, were arrested Monday by national security agents.
The dismantling of the alliance and of “Student Politicism” has a similar intention; that is to say to escape their legal responsibilities and oversight of the National Security Law for Hong Kong by first making the process of separating on their own, Tian Feilong, associate professor at the Beihang University and a member of the China Association for Hong Kong and Macao Studies, the Global Times told the Global Times on Saturday.
Hong Kong Security Secretary Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Saturday ahead of the announcement of the vote result that the dissolution of the Hong Kong Alliance would not exempt it from legal liability if it committed any wrongdoing. illegal acts, Hong Kong media reported.
Hong Kong police previously requested related information from the alliance as part of the decision to revoke the group’s company registration, on clear grounds that believe the Hong Kong Alliance is an agent foreigner, citing Article 43 of the Hong Kong National Security Law. However, the alliance refused to fulfill its legal obligations, using all kinds of excuses.
The decision to dissolve the alliance and the proposal to revoke its company registration are two different things, which can be carried out simultaneously, the security secretary said.
Tang Fei noted that the SAR government must make it clear to alliance members as well as to Hong Kong society that the dissolution of the alliance does not mean that members will not assume any legal responsibilities, nor that ‘a judicial investigation into the group’s illegal activities did not end.
He also reminded the authorities to be vigilant of those who oppose the dismantling, and vigilant of any illegal action they may take afterwards.
Three Alliance Presidents, President Lee Cheuk-yan and Vice Presidents Albert Ho Chun-yan and Tonyee Chow Hang-tung have been charged with incitement to subvert state power.
In a previous joint open letter, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho Chun-yan called on member groups to support its voluntary disbandment. However, Chow Hang-tung posted letters on social media urging members to oppose the disbandment motion and give the Alliance “a chance to continue.”
The dissolution of the alliance teaches an important lesson for the younger generation of anti-China organizations, which could lead them to go underground. They will have to get more technical support if they are to survive; Therefore, the Hong Kong police need to take a close look at whether Western countries led by the United States would covertly offer their support to these underground anti-China groups, Tang Fei said.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday released a backgrounder on US interference in Hong Kong affairs since 2019 and how the US is supporting anti-Chinese forces in the Hong SAR region. Kong.