HK national security law to cover more offences

‘Officials are studying ongoing trials’

Hong Kong will create a host of new national security offences, a senior official confirmed on Tuesday, building on a law Beijing imposed last year that has criminalised much dissent and transformed the city.

Chris Tang, a former police chief promoted to security secretary this year, said officials had started working on local legislation that would define new crimes under the security law.

“We hope to complete it within the next term of legislature and we will consult with the public,” Mr. Tang told the pro-Beijing Ta Kung Pao newspaper in a front-page report published on Tuesday.