China Moves To Tighten On Security Law Hong Kong
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam holds a press conference after attending the opening session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in Hong Kong on May 22, 2020./ AFPChina moved on Friday to quash Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement by unveiling plans for a new security law at the start of its annual parliamentary session that also laid bare the “immense” economic challenges caused by the coronavirus.
The pandemic forced Beijing to delay its annual parliament by two months and reduce its length to a week. The motion, which goes to a vote in the rubber-stamp legislature on Thursday, would authorise Chinese lawmakers to directly enact long-delayed Hong Kong security legislation itself at a future date, rather than leaving it up to the territory’s administration.
Lam said national security laws to be drafted later by the NPC seek “to punish ‘Hong Kong independence’ and violent political elements that seriously harm national security”. One of the proposal’s articles opens the door for Beijing to increase its presence in the financial hub by allowing the central government to set up, “when needed”, agencies in Hong Kong “to fulfill relevant duties to safeguard national security in accordance with the law.”Under the city’s mini-constitution, local officials can request help from PLA garrisons in the territory if there is a public order breakdown.
Targets could include police who crack down on demonstrators, Chinese officials involved in Hong Kong policy, and banks that conduct transactions with anyone who infringes on its freedoms.Although infection numbers have dwindled, China is still recovering from the COVID-19 outbreak that first appeared in the central city of Wuhan late last year and spread globally.
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