The comment from foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang at a regular news conference was in response to a question from reporters about a U.S. government panel's rejection of Ant Financial's acquisition of U.S. money transfer company MoneyGram International Inc (>> Moneygram International Inc) over national security concerns.

(Reporting by Philip Wen; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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