Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the State Department’s 2021 budget on Capitol Hill Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)

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UPDATED 11:00 AM PT — Sunday, August 2, 2020

According to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Trump administration is gravely concerned by the ordered arrest of four students in Hong Kong under the city’s new national security law. On Sunday, Pompeo reiterated “Beijing continues to break its promises and eviscerate Hong Kong’s autonomy.”

We are gravely concerned by the arrests of four students in Hong Kong under the new National Security Law and by the disqualification of pro-democracy electoral candidates. Beijing continues to break its promises and eviscerate Hong Kong’s autonomy.

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) August 2, 2020

The four students in question are pro-democracy activists.

One of the activists, American national Samuel Chu, announced “he woke up to reports he was a wanted fugitive” on Friday. On Twitter, he added “if he is targeted, any American who speaks out for Hong Kong can and will be too.”

HK police is targeting a US citizen for lobbying my own gov’t. I might be the 1st non-Chinese citizen to be targeted, but I will not be the last. If I am targeted, any American/any citizen of any nation who speaks out for HK can-and will be-too.

We are all Hong Kongers now. pic.twitter.com/KQYGcStY1e

— Samuel Chu 朱牧民 (@samuelmchu) July 31, 2020

FILE – In this Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 file photo, demonstrators hold up the mobile phone lights as they form a human chain at the Peak, a tourist spot in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Secretary Pompeo also condemned Hong Kong’s government over its decision to postpone the city’s legislative council elections by one year. In a statement, he said there is no valid reason for such a lengthy delay.

The PRC has shown time and time again that it has no intention of fulfilling its promises to its own people. The United States condemns its one year postponement of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council elections.

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) August 2, 2020

He further expressed it is likely Hong Kong will never again be able to vote for anything or anyone.

Pompeo has urged the city’s government to reconsider its decision and hold the elections close to their originally scheduled date of September 6th.

He went on to suggest Hong Kong will become just another communist run city in China if the elections aren’t held at the scheduled time.

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