Tag: national security
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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
The father of a U.S.-based activist wanted by Hong Kong authorities was convicted yesterday for attempting to deal with his daughter’s financial assets in the city, ... -
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 the ... -
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
A Hong Kong court heard final arguments yesterday in the landmark national security trial of former pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai, who could be sentenced to ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 suspicion ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. Besides showing ... -
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 First Standing ... -
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” of the ... -
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 impolite, ... -
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 on the press ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
