China has imposed a sanction on Mike Pompeo, US secretary of
state under President Donald Trump.
The Chinese authorities imposed the sanction hours after the
curtain was drawn on the administration of Trump.
John Bolton, former national security adviser; Steve Banon,
a former adviser of Trump; Peter Navarro, also a former aide of Trump, were
among the 28 American nationals sanctioned by China.
Trump had earlier granted pardon to Banon.
In a statement, Chinese foreign ministry said the action was
taken against the Americans over “crazy actions that have gravely interfered in
China’s internal affairs”.
“These individuals and their immediate family members are
prohibited from entering the mainland of China, Hong Kong and Macao. They and
companies and institutions associated with them are also restricted from doing
business with China,” the statement read.
Pompeo had accused China of committing genocide against
Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province.
He made the statement on Tuesday, his last full day as
secretary of state.
“I have determined that the PRC [People’s Republic of
China], under the direction and control of the CCP [Chinese Communist party],
has committed genocide against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other
ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang,” he had said.
“I believe this genocide is ongoing, and that we are
witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uyghurs by the Chinese
party-state.
“These crimes are ongoing and include: the arbitrary imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of more than one million civilians, forced sterilization, torture of a large number of those arbitrarily detained, forced labor and the imposition of draconian restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, freedom of expression and freedom of movement,” the secretary of state’s declaration said, noting that the Nazis were accused of crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials after the second world war.”
The Trump administration had taken escalating measures
against China in its final months, imposing sanctions on officials and
companies for their activities in Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong and the South China
Sea.
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