Tag: Hong Kong National Security Law

Hong Kong Government Lays Charges Against Dissident of CCP in Canada

The Hong Kong government says it will prosecute anyone who violates its arbitrary national security law—including foreign nationals outside of its territory—after recently laying charges against a Chinese Canadian journalist who criticized the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On Aug. 3, the Hong Kong Security Bureau announced charges against Victor Leung-mau Ho, former chief editor for Canada’s Sing…


Proposed Revision of The National Security Law in Macau

The Macau government announced on Aug. 22, the consultation text for revising the national security law (NSL), suggesting the need “to achieve the same effect in maintaining and safeguarding national security to be similar to that of mainland China, and the Hong Kong security law.” However, criticism abounds that it contains clauses showing the future…


National Security Bureau Accuses Pro-Democracy Group Hong Kong Parliament of ‘Subverting State Power’ and Will Make Arrests

  Screenshot of Victor Ho (L) and Elmer Yuen (R) at the Hong Kong Parliament press conference on July 27, 2022. (Screenshot via YouTube/Epoch News HK ) Hong Kong pro-democracy figures announced the establishment of the Hong Kong Parliament (HKP). HKP plans to organize a poll in 2023 for Hong Kongers around the world to…


Hong Kong National Security Bureau Accuses Pro-Democracy Group of ‘Subverting State Power’ and Will Make Arrests

  Screenshot of Victor Ho (L) and Elmer Yuen (R) at the Hong Kong Parliament press conference on July 27, 2022. (Screenshot via YouTube/Epoch News HK ) Hong Kong pro-democracy figures announced the establishment of the Hong Kong Parliament (HKP). HKP plans to organize a poll in 2023 for Hong Kongers around the world to…


Hong Kong Protester ‘Captain America 2.0’ Wins Appeal

“Captain America 2.0,” a 2019 Hong Kong Protester, had his jail sentence reduced to five years on August 3, winning his appeal in the Court of Appeal of the High Court in Hong Kong. Ma Chun-man, also called “Captain America 2.0” since he used to carry a superhero shield during protests, was jailed for five…


HKGov Hires 2000 Political Assistants: All Must Know Basic Law and National Security Law

The Civil Service Bureau (CSB) of the Hong Kong government (HKGov) announced on July 29 that a recruitment exercise for the post of Assistant Clerical Officer (ACO) is now open for applications. It plans to hire 2,000 political assistants, and the application deadline is August 11. A passing grade in the “Basic Law and National…


Hong Kong Imposes Sweeping Communist National Security and Patriotism Education in Universities and High Schools

After Beijing imposed the Hong Kong National Security Law in June 2020, the Hong Kong government began to require local schools to teach national security education, that is, political and patriotic communist indoctrination from the mainland. Two years later, it’s being fully implemented. In July, eight universities in Hong Kong announced that national security courses…


A Chain Reaction Caused by National Security Law; CCP Penetrated Hong Kong Civil Groups, Education, Press and Publishing

Chan Po-ying, the chairperson of the League of Social Democrats (LSD), posted on the party’s Facebook on July 17, saying that under intense pressure, it was forced to delete online posts accused of violating the “Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL),” and specifically pointed out that “the details cannot be disclosed.” In the article, she…


‘Extension of Control’: Concerns Raised Over Hong Kong’s New Cybercrime Legislation Proposal

The Hong Kong government recently published a 268-page consultation paper on a legislative proposal aimed at extending jurisdictions to information and communications technology. However, experts have warned that the proposal, which they see as on par with Hong Kong’s national security law, could be used by the Hong Kong government to set up mass internet…


‘Let Hong Kong Be Hong Kong’: US Consul General Hanscom Smith Bids Farewell

“We want Hong Kong to succeed. Let Hong Kong be Hong Kong,” said U.S. Consul General Hanscom Smith in his Farewell Remarks this July as he leaves the land where the National Security Law and ‘patriots only’ sham elections have altered Hong Kong’s democracy and high degree of autonomy originally promised by Beijing. “America’s vision…