Watch | What is Hong Kong’s new national security law?
The Hindu
A video on Hong Kong’s new security law that the country unanimously passed on March 19 which carry penalties of imprisonment, even up to life.
On March 19th, the Hong Kong government passed a new national security law that has been criticised by several Western countries and rights groups
The Safeguarding National Security law revises the existing regulations and penalties, and adds five new categories of offences — treason, insurrection, espionage and theft of state secrets, sabotaging national security, and external interference
Some of these offences carry penalties of imprisonment, even up to life
The law, also known as Article 23, was passed after a rushed public consultation
What is Hong Kong’s Article 23?
Article 23 of Hong Kong’s constitution, which came into force after Hong King was handed over to China from Britain in 1997, obliges the government to enact domestic national security legislation.
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