Hong Kong fast-tracks tough new national security law
© The Financial Times Limited 2024. All Rights Reserved. Not to be redistributed, copied or modified in any way. Hong Kong is fast-tracking a tough new national security law that imposes life imprisonment for treason and increases sentences for crimes such as sedition, fuelling concerns that civil liberties are being eroded as the territory becomes […]
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Hong Kong is fast-tracking a tough new national security law that imposes life imprisonment for treason and increases sentences for crimes such as sedition, fuelling concerns that civil liberties are being eroded as the territory becomes increasingly aligned with mainland China.
The bill was published on Friday, ahead of a special meeting of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing legislature and just days after a public consultation ended.
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