Sam Hou Fai stresses national security as ‘ongoing mission with no end point’

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai said safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests remains the “highest tenet of the ‘One country, two systems’” and the foundation

Parking, traffic, and bus routes subject to changes from today

In coordination with a series of activities for the Exhibition on National Security Education, the Transport Bureau (DSAT) has announced a series of temporary adjustments to

The father of a US-based Hong Kong activist convicted in court

Anna Kwok (second right) speaks to Sen. Jeff Merkley at an event outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C The father of a U.S.-based activist

PJ cites ‘sufficient evidence’ in crackdown of first case of this kind

In response to media inquiries during yesterday’s media Spring Festival symposium, Judiciary Police (PJ) director Sit Chong Meng noted the first arrest made under last year’s

New committee and permanent secretariat to ‘reinforce defense of country’ interests

The Executive Council (ExCo) introduced a new bill yesterday to establish a National Security Committee (CDSE) to oversee all national security-related work. As explained by

Final arguments in publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial conclude in Hong Kong

Final arguments concluded yesterday in the landmark national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai, who could face up to a life sentence

Hong Kong court begins hearing final arguments in Jimmy Lai’s trial

People wait to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts ahead of the closing statements for Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial A Hong Kong court heard final

Hong Kong cancels passports and bans financial support for 16 overseas activists

Hong Kong authorities yesterday strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security, implementing measures that include

Official overseeing Hong Kong warns of persisting national security threats

A top Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong affairs on Saturday warned of persisting threats in the city as a China-imposed national security law approaches its fifth anniversary, while

China and Hong Kong authorities launch first publicly known joint operation

China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, raiding the homes of six people on

A former aide to New York governors face new charges in foreign agent of China case

A former aide to two New York governors and her husband are facing additional charges in a case accusing her of acting as an agent of the Chinese

Companies, experts decry US crackdown on Chinese auto tech as ‘national security abuse’

Chinese companies and experts have criticized the growing protectionism and abuse of “national security” that underscore the U.S. government’s latest plan to rid the country’s vehicles of Chinese

Lai will testify in his defense at Hong Kong trial, lawyer says

A defense lawyer said yesterday that prominent publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense in the landmark national security trial brought under a security law that

HK invokes law to cancel passports of six overseas-based activists

The Hong Kong government yesterday canceled the passports of six overseas-based activists under the new national security law, stepping up its crackdown on dissidents who moved

14 activists convicted, two acquitted in major case

Fourteen activists were convicted in a major national security case on Thursday by a court that said their plan to effect change through an unofficial primary election

National security exhibition opens as concept marks 10 years

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng opened the “National Security Education Exhibition for All” yesterday with a speech marking 10 years since China introduced its overall national security

National security bill comes into law on March 23

Hong Kong will enact the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance on Saturday, announced the city’s leader John Lee after the city’s legislature passed the bill on its

Canada reaches settlement with Canadian detained in China for three years

Canada’s government has reached a settlement with one of two Canadians who were detained in China for nearly three years on national security charges during a diplomatic

CE: National security and patriotic education nothing new to Macau

Macau has a solid and established foundation when it comes to education on national security and patriotism, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng told the Policy Address Press Conference

Beijing, Macau gov’ts satisfied with passing of amendments

Upon passing of the National Security Law Amendment Bill in local parliament, government bodies in Beijing and Macau expressed their satisfaction in separate statements.

National Security Bill wiretapping provision differs from existing provisions

Government officials assured a parliamentary committee yesterday that wiretapping provisions in the National Security Amendment Bill are different from existing ones. The First Standing Committee of

Civil referendum banned in city, parliamentary committee reiterates

Referenda not initiated by the government are illegal in Macau, a parliamentary committee noted yesterday. After studying the National Security Law Amendment Bill, the

Hong Kong protests Biden extension of deportation protection

Hong Kong has protested President Joe Biden’s two-year extension of a program that protects residents of the semi-autonomous Chinese city living in the U.S. from deportation,

State Secrets are mostly top-secret

The law that regulates state secrets was passed yesterday at the Legislative Assembly (AL) in its first reading. Although several lawmakers questioned the “simplicity”

Security chief accuses seated speaker at consultation of impoliteness

Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, has described an audience member at a recent public consultation session who did not stand up while speaking as

Wong Sio Chak: Gov’t guidelines not necessary for the press on national security

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has put off a request for guidelines for the media on external collaboration within the press, calling

Population need not worry about ‘accidental’ breaching of law: Security Chief

People need not worry about inadvertently breaching provisions of the upcoming new National Security Law because, in most situations, actions that constitute crimes are conscious and

PJ: Intelligence interception can avoid national security risks

A mid the ongoing public consultation on the national security law, a resident has asked in yesterday’s TDM Macau Forum why the interception of intelligence communications

Macau law is local and tailored, not an imposition like in Hong Kong

Macau's law on national security is a specific law produced locally and takies into account the reality and distinctiveness of the territory, the Secretary for Security, Wong

Hong Kong democracy leaders given jail terms amid crackdown

A Hong Kong court today (Friday) sent five leading pro-democracy advocates, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, to up to 18 months in prison for organizing a march during the 2019

Hong Kong police arrests 53 activists under national security law

Hong Kong police arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy proponents today (Wednesday) for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in unofficial election primaries for the territory's legislature

Japan’s #FreeAgnes campaign shows support for detained Hong Kong activist

While the world focuses on the detention of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, it’s the plight of 23-year-old activist Agnes Chow that has made the battle over human rights

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested, newsroom searched

Hong Kong police arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai and raided the publisher's headquarters today (Monday) in the highest-profile use yet of a new national security law Beijing imposed on the

Hong Kong police granted sweeping powers under security law

HONG KONG  — In implementing the national security law for Hong Kong, police will have sweeping authority that allows them to take actions including conducting searches without a warrant, restricting

HIS warns biosecurity cannot be left out of national security education

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng (HIS) said today (Wednesday) that the novel coronavirus had shown that biosecurity matters can leave a lasting impact on the livelihoods of the population and

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