Hong Kong police embrace China's security law plan


People wearing face masks following the coronavirus outbreak travel past Chinese and Hong Kong flags at the office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing on Monday (May 25). Beijing plans to write a new security law for Hong Kong that bans treason, subversion and sedition after months of massive, often-violent pro-democracy protests last year. - Reuters

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's security chief on Monday (May 25) welcomed China's plans to impose a national security law on the financial hub, saying it was needed to defeat "terrorism" and calls for independence.

Beijing plans to write a new security law for Hong Kong that bans treason, subversion and sedition after months of massive, often-violent pro-democracy protests last year.

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