Bipartisan Senators Introduce Bill Seeking Sanctions Against Hong Kong Officials

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation requiring the Trump administration to address Hong Kong’s dwindling freedoms since its handover from the United Kingdom to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), incoming chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC); Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), co-chair of the CECC; and John Curtis (R-Utah) introduced the Hong Kong Judicial Sanctions Act (S 1755) on May 16. The legislation requires the president to review whether 49 Hong Kong officials, including four who were sanctioned by the Treasury Department in 2020, committed human rights violations and should be sanctioned in accordance with the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, or the Hong Kong Autonomy Act....