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EU “condemns” Au Kam San’s arrest; Macau and China’s Foreign Ministry reject “irresponsible remarks”

The Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Macau and the Macau SAR Government issued statements on Saturday evening rejecting and opposing a statement released earlier the same day by the European Union regarding the arrest of former Macau legislator Au Kam San.

The spokesperson of the European Union External Action Service (EUEAS) condemned the arrest of Au, who has been placed under preventive detention over alleged violations of the SAR’s national security law.

The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macau SAR expressed “strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition” over Brussels’ statement and called on the EU to “immediately stop making irresponsible remarks about Macau affairs”. “Strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition” were also the expressions used by the Macau SAR Government in a separate statement released on Saturday evening.

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