HKSAR police charges first person for breaching National Security Law

18:34, July 03, 2020

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  Committee for Safeguarding National Security of HKSAR established

  HONG KONG, July 3 -- The Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was established on Friday as required by the national security law, a HKSAR government spokesperson said.In accordance with stipulations of the Law of the People's Republic o

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  HKSAR chief executive welcomes passage of law on safeguarding national security in HK

  File photoHONG KONG, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Chief Executive of Chinas Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the HKSAR government welcomes the passage of the law on safeguarding national security in the HKSAR.The Law of the Peoples Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was passed earlier Tuesday at the 20th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Peoples Congress (NPC), Chinas top legislature.The HKSAR government welcomes the passage of the law by the NPC Standing Committee, Lam said in a statement released in the evening, adding that this national law has been listed in Annex III to the HKSAR Basic Law.Hailing the legislation, Lam said the HKSAR government will complete the necessary procedure for publication by gazette as soon as possible to enable the implementation of the law in Hong Kong in tandem.

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  National security law for HKSAR protects human rights: scholar

  BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The Law of the Peoples Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) protects, not prejudices, human rights, a senior Chinese law expert noted.(File photo: CFP)The national security law for the HKSAR clearly stipulates that human rights shall be respected and protected, and, while safeguarding national security, it takes full account of the protection of human rights as well as the legitimate rights and freedoms of Hong Kong people, said Han Dayuan, a member of the HKSAR Basic Law Committee of the National Peoples Congress Standing Committee.Han, also a law professor of the Renmin University of China, took a swipe at the view that puts national security and human rights at opposite poles."Such points of view are either out of an intention to distort the facts for ideological purposes, or due to a lack of proper understanding of the law," Han said. "It is hard to imagine that a country or society can protect its peoples freedom when its security is endangered."Han further noted that as different countries have different conditions and contexts, they face different national security situations, and thus will have different approaches in handling relevant issues.Whatever the case may be, it is necessary to exert some regulations on individuals freedom for national security as long as such regulations are reasonable and proportionate, Han said, noting that this is particularly important when national security is under substantial threat."The turbulence in Hong Kong over the last year taught us a lesson. When national security is not effectively safeguarded, Hong Kong residents life and property, as well as their rights and freedoms under the Basic Law and the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as applied to Hong Kong, can not b...