Hong Kong’s government has announced a public consultation period for a new national security law, telling residents it has a constitutional duty to strengthen legal mechanisms in response to “foreign agents and Hong Kong independence advocates … still lurking in our society”.
The city’s chief executive, John Lee, said the law which is known as Article 23, would be added to Hong Kong’s mini constitution and work in concert with the existing national security law (NSL) – imposed by China’s central government in 2020 – but the latter would prevail.
