Hong Kong national security police on Thursday arrested a senior journalist for ‘sedition,’ as Beijing’s preferred candidate and former police chief John Lee launched his campaign to win the city’s top job. Former TVB News producer and former RTHK radio show host Allan Au, who has also had columns in Stand News and in the
Hong Kongs security secretary alerted on Wednesday that the citys federal government plans to broaden the scope of the colonial-era Official Secrets Act to encompass broader definitions of espionage. Chris Tang told the citys legislature that existing legislation, consisting of the draconian national security law, is currently too minimal to cover all of the activities
Imprisoned Hong Kong barrister Chow Hang-tung, who is waiting for trial under a heavy-handed nationwide security law troubled the city by Beijing, has alerted the international community to take the crackdown on dissent there as a caution. In an acceptance speech from jail on being awarded the Outstanding Democrat of China award by activists in
