US Should Block Beijing’s Nomination for UN Drug Chief, Sen. Ted Cruz Says

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Then Hong Kong Commissioner of police Andy Tsang Wai-hung addresses the media during a press conference in Hong Kong on March 12, 2014. (Laurent Fievet/AFP/Getty Images)

US Should Block Beijing’s Nomination for UN Drug Chief, Sen. Ted Cruz Says
By Cathy He, Epoch Times
September 12, 2019

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has called on the U.S. administration to block the Chinese regime’s plans to install a controversial former Hong Kong police chief to lead the United Nations (U.N.) agency that fights drug trafficking, transnational crimes, and political corruption.

The Chinese regime in June nominated Andy Tsang Wai-hung to be the next leader of the Vienna-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Tsang, 61, led the Hong Kong Police Force in dealing with mass pro-democracy protests in 2014 known as the Umbrella Movement, and has been criticized for his hardline tactics against protesters.

His nomination has been opposed by many in Hong Kong, which is currently in the midst of sustained unrest over an extradition bill and Beijing’s growing encroachment into the city. Citizens have recently criticized police for using violent tactics to disperse anti-extradition-bill protesters and are demanding an independent investigation into their use of force.

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