BRITAIN suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and enforced an arms embargo on the Chinese territory today in response to its new national security law.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab claimed in the Commons that the measures were a “reasonable and proportionate” response to the law passed in Beijing.

He said that the suspension of the treaty would be enacted “immediately and indefinitely” because of concerns that the security legislation could allow suspects to be extradited from Hong Kong to face trial in mainland China.