Ordinary Hongkongers okay to take photos near ‘prohibited places’: authorities

Ordinary Hongkongers okay to take photos near ‘prohibited places’: authorities

Members of the public are allowed to take pictures near “prohibited places” belonging to Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong, authorities have said, after a journalist was reportedly stopped from photographing the locations. “There is no problem for members of the public to purely ‘check in’ and take photos near a prohibited place while…

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Hongkongers must obey orders on photography at 6 ‘prohibited places’: officials

Hongkongers must obey orders on photography at 6 ‘prohibited places’: officials

Hongkongers can take photos of six premises belonging to Beijing’s national security office deemed “prohibited places” but disobeying law enforcement officers’ orders to stop will risk running afoul of the newly gazetted subsidiary legislation, senior officials have said. In another move to fast track scrutiny of the newly enacted subsidiary legislation to the city’s domestic…

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