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Pompeo defends 12 Hong Kongers detained by China

by Zen Soo
| October 14, 2020 12:06 AM

HONG KONG (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the 12 Hong Kong residents who were detained by China while allegedly trying to flee to Taiwan by boat in August, saying that they had “committed no crime.”

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