A spokesman for the National Security Office in Hong Kong said in a statement on September 11 that it firmly supports the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Court's ruling on the “Branch Association” case in accordance with the law, and severely punish the “branch association”, Lee Cheuk-ren, Ho Chun-yan, and Zou Xingtong for inciting the criminal act of subverting national power. The ruling upheld the authority of national security and the rule of law, and demonstrated the firm determination of the Special Administrative Region to defend national security in accordance with the law.

A spokesman for the National Security Office in Hong Kong said in a statement on September 11 that it firmly supports the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Court's ruling on the “Branch Association” case in accordance with the law, and severely punish the “branch association”, Lee Cheuk-ren, Ho Chun-yan, and Zou Xingtong for inciting the criminal act of subverting national power. The ruling upheld the authority of national security and the rule of law, and demonstrated the firm determination of the Special Administrative Region to defend national security in accordance with the law.