Mainland lashes DPP's political maneuvering over HK affairs

A Chinese mainland spokesperson Tuesday slammed Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for political maneuvering over Hong Kong affairs.

Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the remarks in response to a media inquiry on the DPP's criticism and hyping up of the arrest of unauthorized assembly organizers and participants in Hong Kong.

The operation of Hong Kong police embodies the principle of rule of law, in which laws shall be strictly observed and lawbreakers prosecuted, Zhu said.

The moves of the DPP and other separatists advocating "Taiwan independence" revealed their attempt to seek political gains and split the country.

Political maneuvering wins no support, and any attempt to seek "Taiwan independence" and to split the country is doomed to fail, Zhu noted.