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Hong Kong national security law (NSL)
Latest news and updates on Beijing’s national security law for Hong Kong. The legislation, which was passed by Beijing by promulgation on June 30, 2020, aims to prevent, stop and punish secession, subversion of state power, terrorism and foreign interference. Opposition politicians and critics warn it could be used to suppress dissent and erode freedom in the city.
Wu Chi-wai was briefly released on bail so he could attend his father’s funeral in 2021. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong courts

Ex-opposition lawmaker Wu Chi-wai released after serving time for subversion

Former chairman of now-defunct Democratic Party completes prison sentence of nearly 4½ years for role in unofficial Legco primary.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong bookshop owners bailed after arrests on suspicion of sedition

Hong Kong

Exclusive | Repentant protesters will be given priority case review, minister says

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Hong Kong politics

Exclusive | Loss of fugitive transfer deals a ‘pity’ and only helps criminals: Chris Tang

Security minister tells SCMP it’s up to countries that suspended agreements whether to resume them.

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Secretary for Security Chris Tang says Hong Kong authorities have continued to work with counterparts work against crime. Photo: Dickson Lee
Law

Legal Tales | Power of Hong Kong’s new national security regulation must be prudently deployed

The new powers conferred on the chief executive must be exercised in a way that is consistent with rights and freedoms entrenched in the Basic Law.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong national security police arrest 2 bookshop owners over alleged sedition

Hunter Bookstore owners, former district councillor Leticia Wong and local man arrested on suspicion of committing acts with seditious intent.

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Hong Kong's national security law

City leader’s new national security powers will not affect appeals: minister

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam says subsidiary laws provide greater clarity and certainty.

Hong Kong passed new subsidiary legislation earlier this month to clarify the definition of national security offences by establishing a mechanism that vests certification power in the chief executive at any stage of proceedings. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court jails man for 14 years over ‘evil’ bomb plot

Defendant, 35, admits to making explosives as part of a plot against authorities to plunge the city into ‘maximum chaos’ during 2019 unrest.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong’s top court rejects challenge to law banning calls for election boycotts

Judges say criminalising boycott calls is proportionate to safeguard elections and counter “organised campaigns” after 2019 unrest.

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Hong Kong's national security law

Hong Kong slams Washington Post commentary on national security law changes

Editorial describes new mechanism allowing city leader to classify legal cases as national security ones as ‘repressive’.

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The Hong Kong government has slammed The Washington Post for making “groundless allegations”. Photo: AP
Hong Kong courts

Opinion | Why executive branches are best placed to gauge national security risks

Courts the world over sit on national security cases but defer to executive judgment on national security issues. Hong Kong is no different.

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Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu attends the opening ceremony of National Security Education Day at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on April 15. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s new national security regulation to be used rarely, ministers say

Legislative Council subcommittee completes scrutiny of the Safeguarding National Security (Procedural Matters) Regulation.

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Hong Kong

New Hong Kong law allows national security procedures to extend to older cases

Subsidiary legislation which introduces classification mechanism for ‘other offences endangering national security’ is gazetted on Tuesday.

Hong Kong courts

Man jailed for 10 months over seditious messages thrown from Hong Kong flat

Raymond Wong wrote offensive messages targeting police, judges and mainland residents and threw them out of his window.

Posters in Mong Kok promote National Security Education Day. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong politics

Editorial | National security law refinement aims to clarify, plug loopholes

The move does not involve expanded powers but provides greater certainty in implementation of the law. It will not affect those who are law-abiding.

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok delivers a speech at the National Security Legal Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on April 15. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong

Hong Kong proposes to let chief executive define national security offences

Proposed rules introduce classification mechanism for ‘other offences endangering national security’, allowing chief executive to certify cases.

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Hong Kong politics

7 taken away as police ramp up patrols around former site of Tiananmen vigil

Hong Kong police say they stopped and searched five men and two women in Causeway Bay for allegedly disrupting order.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s justice department rejects ‘despicable’ claims targeting prosecutors

Department says fugitive activist’s claims that prosecutors abused their positions for private ends are ‘fabricated’.

The justice department has dismissed online accusations directed at two of its prosecutors. Photo: Department of Justice
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong’s top court reviews law criminalising calls to boycott elections

Appellant warns ‘extraordinary’ ban blocks informed decisions before voting, while government argues it lies beyond constitutional review.

Hong Kong courts

Unemployed man gets suspended jail term for reposting call to boycott Legco poll

Lam Kin-sik, 67, receives two-month jail term suspended for 24 months, for reposting a fugitive’s call urging people not to vote.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong earmarks additional HK$5 billion for national security

Fresh allocation brings total funding to HK$18 billion over five years.

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The latest funding marks the third non-recurrent expenditure from the city government for national security spending. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

3 suspects arrested over military drills appear in court on subversion charges

Wong Kit-lun, Tang Ngai-pok and Chan Hiu-chun charged with conspiracy to subvert state power.

West Kowloon Law Courts Building. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Jimmy Lai’s case a reminder that the media cannot behave with impunity

To ignore or condone the Jimmy Lais and Apple Dailies of the world is to encourage the hypocrisy and abuses seen in news reporting today.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Wanted ‘Hong Kong Parliament’ member may be deported from Thailand

Zhang Xinyan arrested for overstaying visa and is reportedly set to be deported to mainland China.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong star vows to be ‘companion, not mentor’ to protesters arrested in 2019

Cantopop singer Hins Cheung makes pledge at event organised as part of youth rehabilitation programme at Hong Kong Museum of History.

A giant portrait of Cantopop star Hins Cheung is on display at the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. Photo: Jelly Tse
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Hong Kong crime films have adapted in the national security law era

From Donnie Yen’s The Prosecutor to Cold War 1994, recent Hong Kong police thrillers are navigating tightened censorship in ingenious ways.

Lau Ching-wan (left) and Raymond Lam Fung in a still from Detective vs Sleuths.
Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong seeks to seize HK$56.5 million, 17 companies from jailed Jimmy Lai

Secretary for justice has applied to the High Court to seize Lai’s assets linked to national security offences.

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Hong Kong politics

Ex-lawmaker convicted in Hong Kong 47 trial struck off medical register

Medical Council orders specialist urologist Dr Kwok Ka-ki, 64, to be removed indefinitely from General Register.

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