‘Never seen that before’: Some Hong Kong residents hit the panic button as security law revives rush for the emigration gates

Hong Kong’s residents, who emigrated en masse before the city’s return to China’s sovereignty in 1997, are hitting the inquiry lines again, amid concerns that the Chinese government’s planned national security law would curtail what’s left of their political freedom.Immigration consultants have fielded hundreds of new calls since China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) unveiled the controversial plan on May 21, bypassing the local legislature. Some are accelerating their decision to buy…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3086842/never-seen-some-hong-kong-residents-hit-panic-button-security-law-revives