The Secretary for Security, Tang Ping-keung, attended a lecture on the national conditions of civil servants today (24th), saying that Western countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom continue to recruit spies to spy on China's intelligence. It is self-deception, and it is also an insult to the wisdom of Hong Kong people as a whole.”
He stressed that it is necessary to legislate on Article 23 of the Basic Law, especially against espionage activities.
He also criticized that earlier, some people took advantage of the mourning for the Queen and waited for the opportunity to spread the message of harming national security, emphasizing that these people must bear the legal consequences, and reminding the public to beware of external forces spreading rumors and smearing, and local terrorists planning lone wolf-style attacks.
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Deng Bingqiang pointed out that after the implementation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law", the society has returned to calm, but it is still necessary to be prepared for danger, especially when external forces continue to smear Hong Kong as a place without human rights and freedoms.
He pointed out that the "National Security Law" can only deal with "secession of the country" and "subversion of state power". Article 23 has five other crimes not covered, including treason, sedition, theft of state secrets, and prohibiting foreign political groups from Political activities in Hong Kong, and links between Hong Kong political groups and foreign political groups, and there are differences in sentencing between the two, so it is necessary to re-enact legislation.
He went on to point out that some people think that a democratic and free society does not need a national security law, but the United Kingdom has recently proposed a "national security law", which is believed to be "more spicy" than Hong Kong's proposal.
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