Hong Kong security law Article 23 will ‘definitely’ be enacted this year or next, leader John Lee says
Hong Kong security law Article 23 will ‘definitely’ be enacted this year or next, leader John Lee says
Hong Kong leader John Lee has said that Article 23 – the city’s own security law – would “definitely” be enacted within this year, or next year at the latest. Hong Kon…
Article 23 of the city’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law, stipulates that Hong Kong shall enact its own laws to prohibit seven types of offences: treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the central government, theft of state secrets, foreign bodies’ conducting political activities in the city, and local bodies establishing ties with foreign bodies.
... Pro-democracy advocates fear it could have a negative effect on civil liberties.
Yeah, I'd say that would indeed have a negative effect on civil liberties.
As if they're not doing whatever they want now...
Fair point, felt it was worth sharing this heinous step though.