Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says Beijing's proposed national security laws will not trample on the city's rights and freedoms and has called on its citizens to wait to see the details of the legislation.
The national security legislation for Hong Kong aims to tackle subversion"There is no need for us to worry," Ms Lam told a regular weekly news conference on Tuesday, without explaining how Hong Kong's freedoms would be upheld.
"In the last 23 years, whenever people worried about Hong Kong's freedom of speech and freedom of expression and protest, time and again, Hong Kong has proven that we uphold and preserve those values. "The best thing is to see the legislation in front of us and to understand why at this point in time Hong Kong needs this piece of legislation."that would aim to tackle secession, subversion and terrorist activities.
The law would bypass Hong Kong's legislature and could allow mainland agencies to be set up in the city, sparking concerns Chinese agents could arbitrarily arrest people for activities deemed to be pro-democracy. Riot police use pepper spray on protesters during a demonstration against Beijing's national security legislation in Causeway Bay.Police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowdIt was the city's first major protest since last year's widespread pro-democracy demonstrations, which were initally sparked by an unsuccessful plan to introduce an extradition law with China.
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