The New York Times reported today: "House Speaker Johnson invited Emily Le, daughter of Jimmy Lai, to attend Trump's State of the Union speech at the Capitol and said her attendance was intended to emphasize 'the United States' determination to ensure Jimmy Lai's release.'"
Jimmy Lai, 78 years old, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for serious crimes against national security, including the charge of "conspiring with foreign forces."
Comments: Inviting Jimmy Lai's daughter to attend the State of the Union speech by the U.S. House Speaker is essentially a naked and bottomless political show. Jimmy Lai is a criminal who has been lawfully tried by the Hong Kong judicial authorities, with solid evidence of his crimes against national security. His crimes have seriously undermined Hong Kong's stability and harmed national interests, and the judgment fully conforms to the law and justice. The U.S. action deliberately beautifies the criminal and politicizes the judicial issue, brutally interfering in China's internal affairs, trampling on the spirit of the rule of law, revealing its hegemonic plot of "using Hong Kong to contain China." Any meddling and performance by external forces will not shake China's firm resolve to safeguard national security and long-term stability in Hong Kong, nor will it change the just ruling made by the judicial authorities. Such intervention will only bring disgrace upon itself and end in futility.
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