A daily press conference of the Hong Kong police is held in south China's Hong Kong, Sept. 10, 2019.  

(Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

Violent protests in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region should be stopped immediately, Jitti Tangsithpakdi, president of the Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, told Xinhua recently.

Jitti said during an interview that he travels to Hong Kong several times every year and truly sees Hong Kong as "Pearl of the Orient."

Jitti said he could never imagine such violent protests would take place in Hong Kong.

"I think there are outsiders orchestrating behind," he said, adding that those "outsiders" deliberately instigated conflicts and violence.

"The violent protests affected business, tourism and the overall economy, and would lead Hong Kong to a very bad situation," he said.

"I was there at the ceremony when Hong Kong returned to the motherland in 1997. I was so glad that finally Chinese people could manage Hong Kong by themselves," he said.

Those behind the scenes just wanted to divide Chinese people, he said, adding that the violent protesters should not be used as the tools to destroy their own home.

"If Hong Kong is devastated, you will gain nothing," Jitti said.

"It is quite clear that the 'one country, two systems' principle is very successful. I think the international community should condemn those who orchestrated these violent protests. They are really ill-intended," he added.