Suspects arrested by Chinese agents in Hong Kong could be tried on mainland

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Under the law, mainland security agencies will be officially based in Hong Kong for the first time.

Suspects arrested by Beijing's new security office in Hong Kong could be tried on the mainland, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday, a move certain to spark alarm in the Chinese-ruled city as a contentious new national security law takes effect.

Zhang Xiaoming, executive deputy director of Beijing's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, told reporters during a briefing that the mainland's national security office abides by Chinese law and that Hong Kong's legal system cannot be expected to implement the laws of the mainland.

 

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