New Zealand suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty over China national security law

Chinese embassy criticises move as gross interference' and serious violation of international law'

New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following China's imposition of a controversial national security law that gives it sweeping powers over the semi-autonomous region.

New Zealand can no longer trust that Hong Kong's criminal justice system is sufficiently independent from China," Winston Peters, New Zealand's foreign minister, said in a statement on Tuesday. If China in future shows adherence to the one country, two systems' framework then we could reconsider this decision."