China’s parliament signalled its “strong dissatisfaction” with a Hong Kong court ruling that overturned a contentious mask ban, in an intervention that threatens to inflame tensions in the territory where a police siege of a university entered a third day.
In a statement published by the official Xinhua news agency, a National People’s Congress spokesperson said members of its of law and labour committee “expressed serious concern” about the Hong Kong High Court ruling, which invalidated a mask ban implemented in early October.
The ban, which prohibits the wearing of masks during public assemblies, was passed after Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, used emergency powers that allow her to bypass the territory’s legislative council.
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