Legal experts flag concerns and safeguards needed as mainland officials start on draft for Hong Kong’s new national security law

When China’s parliament endorsed a resolution on Thursday to have a national security law tailor-made for Hong Kong, the broad outlines left several questions unanswered.The proposed legislation, which could be in place as early as August, is meant to “prevent, stop and punish” threats to national security by outlawing acts and activities of secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in the city’s affairs.In drafting the new law, Beijing will bypass Hong Kong’s legislature,…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3086848/legal-experts-flag-concerns-and-safeguards-needed-mainland