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New Hong Kong law allows national security procedures to extend to older cases

Hong Kong’s new legislation enables certain criminal cases to be retroactively brought under national security procedures even if the alleged offences occurred before the 2020 nati...

Hong Kong Plans New Power to Certify National Security Cases, Raising Legal Concerns

The Hong Kong government plans to introduce subsidiary legislation under its existing national security laws that would allow the Chief Executive to issue certificates determining...

Hong Kong proposes new law empowering chief executive to certify criminal acts as national security offenses

The Hong Kong Legislative Council’s panels on Security, and Administration of Justice and Legal Services (the “Panels”) on Monday proposed a new “subsidiary legislation” under Arti...

Hong Kong Proposal Would Let Chief Executive Determine National Security Crimes

The Hong Kong government on Monday, June 8 proposed introducing subsidiary legislation under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. The proposal would authorize the Chief Ex...

Power of Hong Kong’s new national security regulation must be exercised prudently

The recent enactment of the Safeguarding National Security (Procedural Matters) Regulation has generated significant interest and commentary on Hong Kong’s legal landscape. It is r...

Hong Kong: Beijing Tightens Social Control

Click to expand Image A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai leaving West Kowloo...

John Lee vows ‘prudent’ use of power to define national security offences

Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to exercise prudence and seriousness when defining national security offences under new legislation, dismissing concerns about a centralisation of po...

Hong Kong slams Washington Post commentary on national security law changes

Hong Kong authorities have hit out at The Washington Post for making “groundless allegations” about amendments to the city’s home-grown national security law in an editorial, while...

Hong Kong national security laws must be continually improved: ex-Beijing official

Hong Kong’s national security laws must be continually improved to address risks and close loopholes amid geopolitical tensions, a former senior mainland Chinese official overseein...

National security certification power won’t affect appeals: Hong Kong justice chief

As Hong Kong marks the 29th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule on July 1, the South China Morning Post talks to the city’s senior officials about the administration’s achiev...

Hong Kong’s new national security regulation to be used rarely, ministers say

Hong Kong’s new legislation allowing certain criminal cases to be handled under national security procedures is expected to be used only rarely, with the city leader typically issu...

Hong Kong booksellers arrested for alleged security law violations

Hong Kong’s National Security Budget Swells to HK$18 Billion Since 2020

The hefty new budget has renewed criticism over government transparency as many Hong Kongers warn that civil liberties continue to erode under Beijing’s tightening control

Hong Kong Woman Charged 6 Years After 2019 Protest as National Security Cases Expand

A 21-year-old woman who returned to Hong Kong from Australia has been charged by authorities over allegations that she possessed laser devices and spray paint in 2019. She has been...

Hong Kong national security police arrest 2 bookshop owners over alleged sedition

Hong Kong national security police have arrested the owners of an independent bookshop for alleged sedition and money laundering. Officers searched Hunter Bookstore in Sham Shui Po...

Hong Kong police raid 2 indie bookstores, arrest several over national security

Hong Kong police arrested multiple people and seized books during a raid on two independent bookshops on Wednesday, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source told the SCMP...

Hong Kong eyes secure storage of ride-hailing data for national security

Hong Kong transport authorities will “actively explore” the secure storage of ride-hailing data ahead of new regulations for the industry due to take effect in August, as part of e...

Hong Kong duo admit joining pro-independence group ‘out of curiosity’, asylum bid

Two Hong Kong men convicted of violating the Beijing-decreed national security law have said they joined a pro-independence group either to obtain asylum in Canada or “out of curio...

Rights watchdog warns Hong Kong governance restructure tightens social control

Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Monday that Beijing has restructured Hong Kong’s governance in a way that reduces accountability and tightens social control. The new system answ...

Hong Kong man pleads guilty to subversive promotion of pro-Taiwan party

A Hong Kong man has pleaded guilty to inciting subversion under the national security law for promoting a pro-Taiwan party and disseminating anti-Communist messages in 2024 and las...

Hong Kong Hunter Bookstore Sealed Off, Two People Arrested; Multiple Human Rights Organizations Condemn the Action

Hong Kong’s independent Hunter Bookstore was searched and sealed by police on Wednesday, June 24. The Police National Security Department arrested two people, including the booksto...

What is left of Hong Kong's rule of law?

Hong Kong's 'sound of silence': 6 years under the national security law

Six years after Beijing imposed its National Security Law, many of Hong Kong's opposition voices have gone silent. Danny Vincent looks at what's changed.

Tiananmen vigil activists await verdict after Hong Kong security trial