i wonder what the government in hong kong and indeed the government in beijing is so frightened of, mr lee. maybe you can tell me. when people are arrested — ma chun—man was one individual arrested for simply waving banners and wearing slogans on t—shirts which call for liberation of hong kong — when ngos that defend human rights are forced to close, when university campuses are raided, when teachers are banned from teaching because they're deemed to have sympathy with the pro—democracy movement, what are the authorities so scared of? well, first of all, i disagree with the fact that you say that authorities are scared. the authority is basically just carrying out a law. this national security law is not something that's exceptional to hong kong. every country in the world has their own national security law. so if people are trying to jeopardise our national security, then, according