Landmark ruling will set bar for sentencing in national security trials, including high-profile case of 29 opposition figures who had also pleaded guilty.
Analysts say overall drop due to emigration wave following Beijing-imposed national security law and young people’s waning interest in politics after electoral overhauls.
Lawmakers who made the bold move of trying to initiate change through legislation, rather than leaving it to the governing council, should not shy from having to defend their bill to the public.