With the enactment of Hong Kong’s national security law on June 30, 2020, acts of collusion with foreign countries to endanger national security, secession, subversion and terrorist activity were criminalised. As discussed at a recent forum to mark the law’s fifth anniversary, the “one country, two systems” policy has operated smoothly since. The national security…
Hong Kong’s leader has defended the introduction of national security clauses for restaurant licences, saying the new requirements also apply to Lunar New Year fair stalls. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Tuesday that the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department had made the decision to help fulfil its legal obligation to safeguard national security….
Police have warned residents against downloading a mobile game application advocating Hong Kong and Taiwanese independence, or risk breaking national security laws. The force also said on Tuesday that action had been taken under the Beijing-imposed national security law to allow police to require the relevant electronic platforms to remove access to the game Reversed…
Hong Kong’s new subsidiary legislation of its domestic security law came into force on Tuesday, just a day after the government proposed it with a spokesman saying the new measures had to be enacted as soon as possible because of “potential unforeseen circumstances amid escalating geopolitical tensions”. The legislation was gazetted and signed by Acting…
A former bus technician has been jailed for a year under Hong Kong’s domestic national security law for publishing derogatory comments on social media, including depicting police officers as “rogue cops” and the city as an “international hub of false imprisonment”. Li Chun-kit, 36, on Thursday pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court to one count…
People convicted of national security offences found to be holding office in a trade union could be sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and fined HK$50,000 (US$6,440) under proposed legal amendments gazetted by the Hong Kong government on Thursday. Authorities can also reject trade union applications and mergers if there are national security concerns and ban…
Four former Hong Kong lawmakers convicted in a landmark subversion case involving 47 activists will be released as early as April 29, becoming the first batch of defendants to be freed following the city’s largest and longest-running national security trial, the Post has learned. Gary Fan Kwok-wai, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy Tam Man-ho and Claudia Mo…
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a handyman to one year in prison for posting seditious messages on his social media accounts to incite hatred towards central and local authorities. Chow Kim-ho, 57, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of knowingly publishing seditious publications under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, which was passed by…
The United States imposed another major round of sanctions on six officials in Hong Kong, including the justice secretary and outgoing police chief, over what Washington said was “transnational repression” under the city’s national security legislation. The move on Tuesday follows previously imposed economic sanctions and other restrictions against the city after Beijing enacted the…
Central and local authorities have slammed the United States for sanctioning six officials, including Hong Kong’s justice secretary and outgoing police chief, over “transnational repression” under the city’s national security legislation, with Beijing vowing to retaliate. The Commissioner’s Office of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong and the city government on Tuesday…