and that is the only reason why that is being done that way. and this is not a hong kong piece of law, but it has to protect our national... we have to protect our national security. hong kong, as a part of china, has the responsibility to do it just like in any other country. they also have the national security law. and i was asking you the question, why is it ok for the us to have their national security law? but it's not ok for hong kong and china to have our own national security law? why is that? i find it very hypocritical, especially if you consider the national security, the highest penalty was actually death penalty in the us, when the highest penalty in hong kong is only life imprisonment. so how is that any different? as amnesty international has said, looking at the national security law, "almost anything could be deemed a threat to national security under its provisions. it could apply to anyone on the planet, at least in theory". now, in response to that, one of your colleagues, pro—beijing legislator alice mak, said, "if hong kong