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China Accuses UN Rights Chief of Inflaming Hong Kong Unrest

Associated Press

   HONG KONG - China accused the U.N. high commissioner for human rights
   of emboldening ``radical violence'' in Hong Kong by suggesting the
   city's leaderinvestigate reports of excessive use of force by police.

   The U.N. commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, wrote in an opinion piece
   Saturday in the South China Morning Post that Hong Kong leader Carrie
   Lam's government must prioritize ``meaningful, inclusive'' dialogue to
   resolve the crisis.

   She urged Lam to hold an ``independent and impartial judge-led
   investigation'' into police conduct in theprotests. It has been one of
   key demands of pro-democracy demonstrations that have roiled the
   territory since June.

   China's U.N. mission in Geneva said that Bachelet's article interferes
   in the internal affairs of China and exerts pressure on the city's
   government and police, which ``will only embolden the rioters to
   conduct more severe radical violence.''

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