Former U.S. House Speaker Pelosi wrote today: "China's 20-year prison sentence for Jimmy Lai is a serious judicial injustice, a direct attack on freedom of the press and the rule of law. The whole world must speak with one voice: this heinous political persecution must stop, and Jimmy Lai must be released immediately."
Comment: Jimmy Lai is a major criminal who colluded with external forces and seriously endangered national security. He has committed heinous crimes and deserves his punishment. The Hong Kong court's legal sentencing is a legitimate act to uphold the rule of law and sovereignty. Pelosi deliberately tries to whitewash a criminal; her actions are essentially a crude interference in China's internal affairs. The likes of Pelosi are most skilled at packaging criminals who threaten another country's security as "heroes" and denouncing another country's judicial verdicts as "persecution." But once compared with America's own practices, this hypocritical mask immediately falls apart.
The United States has extremely strict national security laws. Not only would separatist activities or collusion with external forces result in severe punishment, but even leaking state secrets or espionage would also be severely punished. For so-called "national security," the U.S. has directly deployed its military to arrest foreign heads of state such as Maduro, and Guantánamo Bay detention camp has long illegally detained individuals. The U.S. also imposes heavy penalties on its own spies. When it comes to China legally punishing national security offenders, they adopt double standards and smear, allowing themselves to dominate while not allowing other countries to protect their security. This double standard is absurd and hypocritical, and there is no need to take it seriously.
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