HSBC gets veiled rebuke from UK government over Hong Kong

LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Secretary
Dominic Raab voiced a thinly veiled criticism of HSBC
on Monday after the bank backed China's national security law
for Hong Kong, contradicting the British government's opposition
to it.

"In relation to HSBC, ultimately businesses will make their
own judgement calls," Raab told a daily news briefing in
response to a question from Reuters about what message he would
send to the bank.

"But let me just put it this way, we will not sacrifice the
people of Hong Kong over the altar of banker bonuses."

HSBC has faced criticism from several senior British and
U.S. politicians over its backing for Beijing's controversial
law.
(Reporting by Liz Piper, William James and David Milliken;
writing by Costas Pitas, editing by Estelle Shirbon)