China’s state-run news agency announced the government’s intentions to create a new national security bureau in Hong Kong Saturday, in a highly controversial move…
China’s state-run news agency announced the government’s intentions to create a new national security bureau in Hong Kong Saturday, in a highly controversial move toward strengthening its security reach in the semi-autonomous region.
Xinhua News Agency also reported that new regulations will require all bodies in Hong Kong’s government, from finance to immigration, to directly report to the central government in China.
An executive director will reportedly be assigned by the Central People’s Government, which is an “organ” of the People’s Republic of China, who will chair the responsibilities of “safeguarding” China’s national security interests.
The new security bureau will analyze national security situations in Hong Kong and “provide comments and suggestions for major strategies and policies,” according to the Xinhua report.
China passed a draft of the new national security laws Friday, which targets four new levels of criminal offenses in Hong Kong, including succession, subversion of state power, local terrorist activities, and collaborating with foreign or external foreign forces to endanger national security.
