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National security law: why Hong Kong legal experts worry legislation could be backdated

An outline of the new national security law Beijing is drafting for Hong Kong omitted any mention of it not being retroactive, sparking concern from legal experts and activists the legislation could be backdated.Their worries grew on Sunday after a mainland legal academic said anti-government protesters who had taken part in the civil unrest that had gripped Hong Kong over the past year could fall foul of the law even though it had yet to be enacted.Hong Kong lawyers and scholars criticised the…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3089997/national-security-law-why-hong-kong-legal-experts-worry

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