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Written by: Yuan Shu
2020-06-19 09:59
Last update date: 2020-06-19 10:00The National People's Congress passed the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" earlier, and the press is concerned that it will be affected. The Association of Journalists sent a questionnaire to regular members to understand their opinions on the National Security Law. It was found that 98% of the respondents opposed the establishment. The chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Yang Jianxing, said on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium" that the news industry is a high-risk industry and is more worried than the average person. He is worried that some future reports will also be regarded as impacting national security. He also said that nearly two, Three years have seen self-censorship in the Hong Kong media.
The chairman of the Association of Journalists Yang Jianxing pointed out that the news industry continued to worry about the opposition of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law. (Screenshot from Hong Kong and Taiwan)
Yang Jianxing pointed out that in the past, national security was concerned with 23 Articles of the Basic Law. The government has always been waiting for better conditions to implement it. This time, the establishment of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" appears abrupt and the legislative process is completely different from before. He said that when the 23 drafts were introduced in 2003, there was still room for discussion in the Legislative Council. However, the scope of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" is only announced by Xinhua News Agency, and the wording is constantly changing.
He said that the press will worry that some future reports will be considered to endanger national security. This is not just a psychological threat. Related reporters, editors, or media organizations may be more worried about the issue of the penalty, especially in the interrogation process. And location are unknown. He emphasized that the press is a high-risk industry, which is more serious than the overall social concerns. If the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" is passed, how to write the current provisions and how to do it in the future is a big problem. The worries of the press will continue.
The concept of national security is vast and all-encompassing media self-censorship has emerged
Yang Jianxing said that the concept of national security may be broader, meaning that in the eyes of the Chinese government, it is basically all-encompassing, and the issues of energy, economy, environmental protection, and health are all related to national security. Judging from the recent remarks of relevant persons, he believes that the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" will have a fairly large legal net, and even some places have deliberately not written clearly, "There are mistakes and no misses" to achieve a deterrent effect. He said that the self-censorship of the media in the past two or three years has appeared, and some sensitive reports will be underreported and not mentioned.
▼The controversy between the parties of the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law Legislation continues▼
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