China moves to impose security laws on Hong Kong

The move by the National People's Congress would ban the kind of protests that rocked Hong Kong in 2019.- Reuters

BEIJING (The Straits Times/ANN): China on Friday (May 22) said it would establish 'enforcement mechanisms' to safeguard national security in Hong Kong and Macau, yet another sign that a national security law in some form would be passed in the former British colony.

"We will establish sound legal systems and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding national security in the two special administrative regions, and see that the governments of the two regions fulfil their constitutional responsibilities," Premier Li Keqiang said at the opening of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament.