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China approves Hong Kong autonomy restriction law | Israel today

2020-07-01T11:47:44.978Z


| Around the worldControversial law approved at Chinese National People's Congress • Carrie Lam, autonomy leader responded: "Hong Kong will not be afraid of sanction" The Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress, the body responsible for the legislation and serving as the country's parliament and a rubber stamp for the decisions of the administration and the Communist Party, on Tuesday approve...


Controversial law approved at Chinese National People's Congress • Carrie Lam, autonomy leader responded: "Hong Kong will not be afraid of sanction"

The Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress, the body responsible for the legislation and serving as the country's parliament and a rubber stamp for the decisions of the administration and the Communist Party, on Tuesday approved the Hong Kong National Security Act in its expanded version. That's how local media agencies in Hong Kong and China reported today.

According to a report from the Hong Kong South China Morning Post, the law was approved after 162 members of the Chinese People's Congress voted in favor of it by a vote of fifteen minutes, and it is expected to take effect tomorrow. The report also states that the maximum punishment for violating Hong Kong's Security Law, which aims to prevent subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces against Chinese rule, is life in prison. 

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In addition, the South China Morning Post reported that only a handful of local Hong Kong lawmakers have been exposed to the draft law, an issue that has become a major controversy with regard to transparency in the legislative process and the implications of the law for residents of autonomy.

Tam Yu Chung, a member of the Hong Kong National People's Congress Standing Committee, a politician close to Beijing's power centers and an advocate for the law, said in an interview with the Hong Kong News website, rthk, that the National Security Act enacted for Hong Kong is not "too harsh" He said that as soon as more details became clear, the opponents' concern and concern would wane.

At the same time, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong and the autonomy leader, said "Hong Kong will not be afraid of sanction", after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared late last month that Hong Kong is ineligible for treatment The special one she received from US law "Based on the facts on the ground, there is no logical person who can claim that Hong Kong maintains a high level of autonomy from China."

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Recall, at the end of last month, the Chinese parliament approved a large majority of 2,878 against only one opponent and 6 abstained from the controversial security laws. The new laws, according to the Chinese government, were intended as such to prevent foreign intervention and entry of terrorists into the city. 

According to some reports, this approved law would allow the central Chinese regime's security forces to act against, interrogate, and even extradite to city authorities. At the same time, in extreme cases jurisdiction will be transferred to Beijing representatives, which undermines the independent status of the Hong Kong judicial system.

Source: israelhayom

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