First man to stand trial under HK’s security law pleads not guilty
A court ruled last month that Tong Ying-kit will stand trial without a jury, a diversion from Hong Kong’s common law traditions
A court ruled last month that Tong Ying-kit will stand trial without a jury, a diversion from Hong Kong’s common law traditions
Its severity can be guaged from the fact that Hong Kong police arrested ten people in August in their largest operation yet under the legislation.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the US was ending the export of sensitive military items to Hong Kong.
Beijing has signalled the security law, which will bypass the city's legislature, needs to be passed quickly following a year of pro-democracy protests.
Beijing says the law, which will bypass Hong Kong's legislature, is needed to tackle 'terrorism', 'separatism' and restore confidence in a city rocked by a year of unrest.
Pompeo said that these are the kinds of actions that authoritarian regimes take, and they have a real impact not only on the Chinese people there in China and Hong Kongers in Hong Kong, but a real impact on people all around the world.
Trump said on Friday that the United States would ban some Chinese graduate students and start reversing Hong Kong's special status in customs and other areas, as Beijing moves ahead with a plan to impose a controversial security law.
The move is most likely to intensify the anti-China protests in the city which is a democratic society.
The new Chinese law would enforce punishment for 'subversion, treason and sedition' in the city, which would allow Beijing to crack down on pro-democracy protesters and dissidents.
