Luo Huining, China's new top official in Hong Kong, cited the neighbouring former colony of Macau and its adoption of a strict national security law as a model. - AFP
HONG KONG (Bloomberg): China's new top official in Hong Kong urged the city to enact national security legislation, raising speculation that Beijing might renew its push for a Bill that prompted mass protests almost two decades ago.
Luo Huining, who was appointed earlier this month to lead China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, wrote in the Communist Party's People's Daily newspaper Monday (Jan 20) that "external forces will infiltrate China without inhibition" if the city failed to pass such legislation.
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