For vote. The security law is aimed at cracking down on antigovernment activities in the semiautonomous region. It lays out things that beijing says threaten national security. Submission, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with external forces. It also allows for a Security Agency in hong kong which may exercise jurisdiction in certain circumstances. On sunday, protesters opposing the legislation held rallies across hong kong. Police arrested 53 people after shuffles broke out. Theres growing concern in hong kong and abroad the planned security law will threaten the one country, two systems principle that has guaranteed the territory a high degree of autonomous. Here in tokyo, Officials Say 58 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on monday. The number of invex infections been on the rise in recent days. The government says theres no need to declare another state of emergency. The latest figure is slightly smaller than sunday, when the daily tally was the highest since the nationwide
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