Hong Kong leader says security law will not hurt freedom amid global alarm

HONG KONG - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday Beijing’s proposed national security law for the city, which has raised alarm in the global financial centre and abroad, would not trample on its cherished rights and freedoms.

The anthem law would criminalise disrespect of China’s national anthem and critics say it would further erode freedoms in the former British colony. Like others supporting the legislation, she did not explain how the freedoms that Hong Kong enjoys would be upheld.China's Hong Kong law set to bar foreign judges from national security cases: sources

It was the first major protest since pro-democracy demonstrations rocked Hong Kong last year over an unsuccessful plan to introduce an extradition law with China. The unrest plunged the city into its worst crisis since its return to Chinese rule in 1997. The United States said Hong Kong could lose the preferential treatment it accords the city that makes it a vibrant interface between communist China and the West.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong, China May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

shows never end!

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'Former British colony' was a loan from China to stop British killing Chinese people with opium. Loan was repaid in 1997. Let's have some facts amid the hysteria.

June 4th memorial event is banned this year in the name of public health while pro-police gatherings over 8 persons have never been charged. And now you tell me none of our rights and freedoms will be harmed? A habitual liar as she always is. Chinazi

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The content of national security law is added more and more terms everyday since the start of the meeting, with our freedom enjoyed in the past being tightened even harder in the coming days.

A puppet of CCPChina

Carrie Lam is a puppet of the CCP. Trust her at your own peril.

She's lying

Uh huh.

As they dragged representatives out of gov so they couldn’t vote against it. fucktheCCP

We can’t believe China. They always tell a lie. Several years ago they dug a huge hole and buried trains that caused deadly accident.

A authoritarian regime reassure people having rights and freedom? Don’t you think it’s ironic...... Chinamustfall SanctionCCP

大陆所期望的香港未来就是类似澳门那样的稳定和繁荣。 有人反对么？

OK.

The more laws china imposes on hong kong the more freedom hong kong residents lose. I wonder if they'll annex it similar to russia and Crimea. Never mind there was a whole war over it.

HK people are just like Children. They are oblivious to the reality of the world. And their place in it. Decades of anti china propaganda have produced idiots who will never be appeased

Lier! Let's see the truth in HongKong even before the national security law is implemented HKneedsHelp

What rules in the new law are people protesting against exactly?

yeah right!

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