in opposition dissenting to the ruling party or not it s plainly not true. no, that s you re not right. well, look, nationalsecurity law is not something that s exceptional in hong kong. in the us, they have 20 pieces of legislation that are national security related. so for these people, they were locked up because they have broken the law. some of them didn t break the national security law. but, with respect, i think you re missing my point that the national security law was imposed from beijing, you are supposed to have political autonomy comes back to our conversation about one country, two systems. but your national security law was imposed from beijing. well, we call it national security law for a reason, because it has to do with national security. in fact, the national security
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 colle
and two of the members of the democratic party were kicked out recently of the party for supporting a pan democratic candidate in this election. and how is that for being in, like, you know. don t you find it hypocritical for them to call themselves democratic party, and to forbid the members from running in this election? i think what i perhaps struggle with is the fact that so many individuals have been locked up as a result of the national security law imposed from beijing. and you tell me that hong kong is still a political entity where people can express their views, whether they be in opposition dissenting to the ruling party or not it s plainly not true. no, that s you re not right. well, look, nationalsecurity law is not something that s exceptional in hong kong. in the us, they have 20 pieces of legislation that are national security related. so for these people, they were locked up because they have broken the law. some of them didn t break the national security law.
their views, whether they be in opposition dissenting to the ruling party or not it s plainly not true. no, that s you re not right. well, look, nationalsecurity law is not something that s exceptional in hong kong. in the us, they have 20 pieces of legislation that are national security related. so for these people, they were locked up because they have broken the law. some of them didn t break the national security law. but, with respect, i think you re missing my point that the national security law was imposed from beijing, you are supposed to have political autonomy comes back to our conversation about one country, two systems. but your national security law was imposed from beijing. well, we call it national security law for a reason, because it has to do with national security. in fact, the national security law is a piece of national legislation which is supposed to be legislated by the npcsc,
in this election. and how is that for being in, like, you know. don t you find it hypocritical for them to call themselves democratic party, and to forbid the members from running in this election? i think what i perhaps struggle with is the fact that so many individuals have been locked up as a result of the national security law imposed from beijing. and you tell me that hong kong is still a political entity where people can express their views, whether they be in opposition dissenting to the ruling party or not it s plainly not true. no, that s you re not right. well, look, nationalsecurity law is not something that s exceptional in hong kong. in the us, they have 20 pieces of legislation that are national security related. so for these people, they were locked up because they have broken the law. some of them didn t break the national security law. but, with respect, i think you re missing my point that the national security law