WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on May 31, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on the Hong Kong government's conviction on unfounded charges of "subversion" of the "Hong Kong 47:" "The guilty verdicts from the Hong Kong judiciary, acting at the behest of Beijing, for 14 pro-democracy advocates who pled not gui  more