Raymond Chak Yee Siu, right, who is the Commissioner of Police of the Hong Kong Police Force, embraces his colleague during the Hong Kong Police College's passing-out parade on March 29, 2025, in Hong Kong, China. (Hou Yu/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
Lam, according to the State Department, "is the Secretary for Justice, Hong Kong in the Regional Government Ministers category, and has been responsible for or involved in developing, adopting, or implementing, the National Security Law."
Last year, Human Rights Watch said the "Safeguarding National Security Ordinance punishes peaceful speech and civil society activism with heavy prison sentences, expands police powers, and weakens due process rights."
Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Paul Ting Kwok Lam speaks in Hong Kong in November 2022. (Reuters/Tyrone Siu)
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"All transactions by U.S. persons or within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons are prohibited unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC or exempt from U.S. sanctions," according to the State Department. "These prohibitions include the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any blocked person and the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person."
Fox News' Nick Kalman contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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