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By Jessie Yeung, CNN
It was approaching midnight on June 30, 2020, when news broke that Beijing had promulgated a national security law in Hong Kong, effective immediately.
Since China’s rubber-stamp parliament revealed its plans for such legislation the month before, Hong Kongers had been
nervously awaiting the details of a law that would reshape their legal, political and media landscape.
Now, the full text was here and it was broader, vaguer and gave Beijing more power than many expected.
The bill was drafted almost entirely in closed-door meetings in Beijing that even Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, was not a part of. It came after months of anti-government, pro-democracy protests that infuriated the
Hong Kong: One year after China passed the national security law, residents feel Beijing s tightening grip CNN 5 hrs ago By Jessie Yeung, CNN © Olivier Chouchana/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images A banner announcing the National Security Law in Hong Kong s Admiralty district on August 14, 2020.
It was approaching midnight on June 30, 2020, when news broke that Beijing had promulgated a national security law in Hong Kong, effective immediately.
Since China s rubber-stamp parliament revealed its plans for such legislation the month before, Hong Kongers had been nervously awaiting the details of a law that would reshape their legal, political and media landscape.
Now, the full text was here and it was broader, vaguer and gave Beijing more power than many expected.
Pro-Beijing Lawmaker: ‘Why Not?’ Have a Police State in Hong Kong
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25 Jun 2021
Pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker Alice Mak said on Friday there is nothing wrong with the island becoming a “police state” because only authoritarian “discipline” can bring “security” after the massive protests of 2019.
Mak made her remarks to defend the promotions of two key figures in the brutal crackdown against democracy over the past year, Security Secretary John Lee and Police Commissioner Chris Tang.
Lee was promoted to chief secretary, the number two position in Hong Kong’s puppet government, while Tang will take Lee’s former position as security secretary. Lee will be the first chief secretary from a security background since China took possession of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom in 1997.
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