U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the State Department in Washington, US on May 20, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters): U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he certified on Wednesday to the U.S. Congress that Hong Kong does not continue to warrant special treatment under the U.S. laws in the same way that applied when the territory was still under the British law before July 1997.
"No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground," Pompeo said in a statement.
