US imposes sanctions on four Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown

Washington has called China's enactment of a new national security law in Hong Kong this year an unacceptable breach of China's 'one country, two systems' commitment

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on four more Chinese officials in Hong Kong's governing and security establishment, in what two sources called a response to their alleged role in crushing dissent in the former British colony.

The US Treasury website identified the four as Deng Zhonghua, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office; Edwina Lau, deputy commissioner of police in Hong Kong, and Li Jiangzhou and Li Kwai-wah, two officials at the newly established national security office in Hong Kong.

None of the four could be reached immediately for comment.

Washington has called China's enactment of a new