Seven others for violating the new law and about 180 people for Unlawful Assembly and other related offenses. It follows a tumultuous start to the day with protesters taking to the street to voice their opposition to the law. Beijing approved the new legislation on tuesday. It lays out four criminal acts it says endangers National Security. Secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign or external sources. If convicted, people could face life in n prison. Chief executive carrie lam defended the law in the ceremony to mark the 1997 handover. Translator the enactment of the law is the most important thing for hong kongs relationship to the mainland since the handover. Its a historic step as it has completeted a system to prprote our sovereignty and security. But critics say the law undermines the one country two systems framework which is supposed to guarantee hong kong a high degree of autonomy and judicial independence. The number of coronavirus cases here in japan conti
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
Manufacturers fell to minus 34. The Previous Survey was minus 8. The index shows the difference between the percentage of companies saying business is good and those says its bad. The index declined for the sixth straight quauarter to its lowes since 2009. Thats due to a sharp drop in exports and production in april and may when japan was under a state of emergency. Business sentiment also worsened among nonmanufacturing sectors such as tourism and retail. Turning to hong kong. Residents are waking up on this anniversary of the handover from britain. It is the first day that chinas National Security law for hong kong is in effect marking a new historic day for the territory. The committee unanimously approved the law on tuesday. The law defines four criminal acts that it says endangers National Security, secession, subversionon, organizatation an terrorist activities and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements. People convicted could face up to life imimprisonment. M
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