The government should carry out an audit of the UK assets of Chinese and Hong Kong officials linked to human rights violations, a cross-party group of MPs has demanded.
A group of 110 MPs has written to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss calling for the audit after recent research by human rights NGO Hong Kong Watch found nine Hong Kong officials and 12 “patriotic” politicians accused of complicity in human rights violations in the city have property overseas.
This includes five Hong Kong officials and six politicians who own property in the UK.
Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh and Conservatives Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Tom Tugendhat are leading the call and have urged Ms Truss to use the upcoming second anniversary of the introduction of Hong Kong’s National Security Law as an opportunity to consider an audit.
They have said the audit could serve as the basis for a future Hong Kong-specific sanctions list.
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