The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Sunday said the Civil Human Rights Front's decision to disband was a move the people in the HKSAR had wanted for a long time.  

The Civil Human Rights Front, an anti-China group in the HKSAR, announced its dissolution in a statement earlier on Sunday. 

A spokesperson for the liaison office said the group, with mission to "oppose China and destabilize Hong Kong," had for years been challenging the rule of law and arbitrarily hurting the common interests of the society. 

Calling the downfall of the group inevitable, the spokesperson said the Front was an illegal organization since it had never been registered under the laws of Hong Kong, nor had it been able to explain its sources of income or expenses.

The spokesperson added that the Front was directly involved in the incitement, planning and organization of many illegal assemblies and violent protests in Hong Kong since 1997 under the pretext of "human rights, democracy and freedom."   

The group was the source of chaos in the city and anything but the "lawful, peaceful and rational" organization it has claimed to be, the spokesperson said.  

The Hong Kong Police Force issued a statement on Sunday, making clear it will continue to investigate whether the group violated the national security law and other laws in Hong Kong.  

"We firmly support the HKSAR government and the police in prosecuting the suspected illegal acts of the Civil Human Rights Front in accordance with law, and severely punishing the culprits," said the spokesperson for the liaison office.  

The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said on Sunday afternoon that the Front should be held accountable despite its disbandment. 

Accusing the Front of acting as a pawn and colluding with external forces in attempts to start a "color revolution" in the HKSAR, a spokesperson for the office said the announcement came only after the group realized its activities had crossed the bottom line of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle, and violated the national security law as well as many other local laws. 

"In declaring a hasty dissolution, it wants to play a trick to escape from legal responsibilities," said the spokesperson. "That is a delusion and they are daydreaming." 

The spokesperson added that only by holding such anti-China organizations in the city accountable for their crimes can the HKSAR restore law and order and return to the right track. 

The Civil Human Rights Front was founded in 2002 and its convener Figo Chan is currently in jail.  

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