British-era Special Branch offers a hint of how local and mainland Chinese agents could help enforce Hong Kong’s new security law

The workings of a new national security law being tailor-made for Hong Kong are still to be decided upon but initial statements that a new commission could be set up and mainland agents could be sent to the city have sparked unease.Key concerns include how exactly the mainland agents will work, whom they will be answerable to and whether Hong Kong authorities will have oversight of their activities.China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress, gave few details when it passed a resolution…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3086884/british-era-special-branch-offers-hint-how-local-and