林鄭月娥（キャリー・ラム ）の日本の銀行口座を凍結

 

 Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam faces Japan bank freeze-out as Tokyo says it will abide by US sanctions

• Japanese banks with US operations required to suspend any accounts of Hong Kong’s chief executive
• ‘I believe this will infuriate the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party,’ says MP who questioned government on the matter

Updated: 10:32am, 10 Dec, 2020

The Japanese government has confirmed that domestic banks with operations in the

United States　are required to adhere to sanctions imposed by Washington, meaning they are not permitted to carry out transactions on behalf of　Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam

.

The government confirmed its understanding of the requirement on Japanese banks in response to a written question from Jin Matsubara, a member of parliament from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a former chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

“The government asks Japanese financial groups that have offices overseas to consider the fact that laws and regulations on sanctions in those countries may be stricter than those of

Japan,” the government said in a statement issued after the cabinet meeting.

Matsubara has been a vocal supporter of Hong Kong’s independence and believes that confirmation from the Japanese government that financial institutions are required to freeze any of Lam’s bank accounts could have other consequences.

“My understanding is that the Japanese government has instructed Japanese banking groups with operations in the US not to deal with those designated for sanctions by the US, even outside the US jurisdiction,” Matsubara told This Week in Asia.

This means that if Lam does have accounts with Japanese banks that operate in the US and are therefore subject to the US regulations, those accounts will be frozen and she will not be able to open new ones with those banking institutions. The Japanese government statement makes no mention of restrictions on her travel.

“This now means that US sanctions will be automatically applied in Japan,” Matsubara said. “And it’s not just Carrie Lam, but other designated Chinese officials will have their accounts frozen now. This means they will have great difficulty if they want to sell real estate that they hold in Japan.

“I believe this will infuriate the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, who are enormously rich and probably investing in Japan,” he added.

If his assessment is correct, then this development might prompt party members to move their assets out of Japan.

It is not clear whether Lam has any accounts with Japanese banks, but authorities said they were looking into the matter.

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control identifies Lam on its Sanctions List, which is available online, and lists her nationality as “Hong Kong”, her date of birth and details from her passport. It also lists two aliases and her home address.

The US Department of the Treasury in August imposed sanctions on Lam and 10 other people “for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly of the citizens of Hong Kong” through imposition of the national security law in June.

In making the move, it accused China of actions to “fundamentally undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy and democratic processes”, describing the national security law as “draconian”. It added that as well as infringing on the rights of the people of Hong Kong, the law permits China’s security services to “operate with impunity in the region”, and that its end effect would be “mandating ‘national security education’ in Hong Kong schools, undermining the rule of law and setting the groundwork for censorship of any individuals or outlets that are deemed unfriendly to China.”

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3113258/hong-kongs-carrie-lam-faces-japan-bank-freeze-out-tokyo-says-it

林鄭 月娥（りんてい げつが、キャリー・ラム、1957年5月13日 - ）は、香港の政治家。

政務司司長、開発局長を歴任。現在、第4代中華人民共和国香港特別行政区行政長官兼初代国家安全維持委員会主席を務める。キリスト教徒（カトリック教会^[1]）。元の名は「鄭 月娥」で、現在の名は結婚後に夫の姓「林」を冠したものである^[2]。 

2020年8月7日、香港国家安全維持法の施行に関与する人物として、アメリカ財務省による「米国内資産凍結、米国人との取引禁止」の制裁対象に指定された^[31]。

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