{"id":117066,"date":"2023-09-20T09:15:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T06:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/china-orders-foreign-consulates-in-hong-kong-to-hand-over-staff-personal-details\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T09:15:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T06:15:14","slug":"china-orders-foreign-consulates-in-hong-kong-to-hand-over-staff-personal-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/china-orders-foreign-consulates-in-hong-kong-to-hand-over-staff-personal-details\/","title":{"rendered":"China orders foreign consulates in Hong Kong to hand over staff personal details"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117066\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nForms have been sent out requiring names, positions, residential addresses and identity document numbers of locally employed staff. China has given foreign consulates in Hong Kong a month to submit the names, home addresses and job descriptions of their local staff, according to diplomatic sources and documents seen by several media outlets on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The documents include a letter in English and Chinese bearing Monday\u2019s date from Beijing\u2019s Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (OCMFA), as well as two forms for consulates to fill in with their local staff details. The letter gave consulates until 18 October to \u201creturn the completed forms to the protocol division\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Under the city\u2019s mini-constitution, Beijing is in charge of foreign affairs relating to Hong Kong. China has ratcheted up control of the semi-autonomous city in recent years and imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020 in the aftermath of huge pro-democracy protests. Two diplomatic sources confirmed their consulates had received the documents and told Agence France-Presse that it was the first time local staff members\u2019 personal details had been requested. \u201cWe are still assessing the document and will look into it,\u201d one source said.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong Free Press also reported on the letter, saying missions were \u201crequested to complete the form within 15 days of commencement of the engagement\u201d of any new staff members. A representative for the EU office for Hong Kong and Macau said they were \u201clooking carefully into the matter\u201d and declined further comment.<\/p>\n<p>The OCMFA and the Hong Kong government\u2019s Protocol Division, which handles consular affairs and official visits to the city, have been contacted for comment. The letter asks all consulates in Hong Kong to \u201cprovide information on all staff locally engaged \u2026 [including] both permanent residents \u2026 and non-permanent residents\u201d. One form, titled \u201cnotification of staff locally engaged\u201d, requires consulates to provide information on staffers\u2019 names, positions, residential addresses and identity document numbers. The other form asks consulates to notify the authorities of any termination of employment status.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/20\/china-hong-kong-consulates-staff-personal-details\">The Guardian<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/china-orders-foreign-consulates-in-hong-kong-to-hand-over-staff-personal-details\/\">China orders foreign consulates in Hong Kong to hand over staff personal details<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[758,6177,1998,1905,11555,2633,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-117066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-china","tag-consulate","tag-foreign","tag-hong-kong","tag-personel-details","tag-staff","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}