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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab signalled the UK will join its international allies in suspending an extradition treaty with Hong Kong after China imposed a national security law on the former British colony.
Raab told Sky News he would update Parliament on Monday on the UK’s extradition arrangements with Hong Kong, less than a week after the nation banned the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies as a long-term supplier for its 5G networks over concerns about the security of its infrastructure. Raab also cited China’s “egregious human-rights abuses†of the country’s Uighur minority.
Raab said he had promised to conduct a review of the extradition arrangements and, having completed that study, will update members of Parliament.
Canada and Australia have already suspended extradition agreements with Hong Kong, while the US and New Zealand are reviewing their arrangements.