Hong Kong has banned films that run contrary to the interests of a Beijing-drafted national security law, the latest crackdown on freedom of expression in the Asian financial hub.
The city’s opposition-free legislature amended the Film Censorship Bill on Wednesday (Oct 27), turning movie censors into gatekeepers of the security law with penalties as high as HK$1,000,000 (RM533,496) and three years in prison for those who screen non-approved content.
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