LIVE! HK allows US whistleblower Edward Snowden to flee

June 23, 2013 19:12

The Chinese-controlled Hong Kong administration today rejected a US request for the arrest of American whistleblower Edward Snowden, after which the ex-CIA operative left the former British colony to seek asylum in Cuba or Venezuela.

"Snowden has left Hong Kong through legal and normal means for a third country," the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said in a statement.

"The HKSAR government has informed the US government ofSnowden's departure from Hong Kong," Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.

The US government's request for the Hong Kong government to issue a provisional arrest warrant for Snowden did not fully comply with the city's legal requirements, the statement said.

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