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Hong Kong’s Civic Party, which was once the city’s second-largest pro-democracy party, has officially shut down after 18 years – joining dozens of other civil society groups which folded in the wake of a Beijing-imposed national security law. Members of the Civic Party – nicknamed “the barristers’ party” – voted last May to dissolve it amid a leadership vacuum. No members came forward to stand for positions on its executive committee. The party conducted a six-month voluntary winding-up process, clearing its headquarters. On Wednesday its listing in the companies registry was cancelled. Chairp...
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has removed copies of the University Community Press from campus, saying the student publication was “unauthorised” and could not be displayed without permission. The University Community Press was not affiliated with CUHK and was not recognised by the university, CUHK told HKFP last Friday. The statement came a few days after the student editorial team announced that it would suspend the supply of physical copies of the publication until further notice. Ex-student union publicationThe publication, formerly known as CUHK Student Press, was managed by ...
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Hong Kong’s homegrown Safeguarding National Security Ordinance has come into effect, four days after the legislation was unanimously approved at the city’s opposition-free legislature. Separate to the 2020 Beijing-enacted security law, the new legislation – gazetted midnight on Saturday – targets treason, insurrection, sabotage, external interference, sedition, theft of state secrets and espionage. It allows for pre-charge detention of to up to 16 days, and suspects’ access to lawyers may be restricted, with penalties involving up to life in prison. “The Safeguarding National Security Ordinanc...
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The Hong Kong government has proposed amendments to its draft homegrown security law which could impose stricter measures against “absconders” and empower the city’s leader to draft subsidiary legislation. Officials read out the proposed revisions to the Safeguarding National Security Bill at the Legislative Council’s Bills Committee on Thursday. The revisions were based on suggestions made by lawmakers over six days of committee meetings, which ended on Wednesday. The amendments propose scrapping a six-month wait until authorities can designate a wanted individual as an absconder – a status w...
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US funded-news outlet Radio Free Asia (RFA), which had been accused of being “anti-China” by Beijing-backed newspapers, is set to withdraw from Hong Kong, local media have reported citing sources. Local media including HK01 and the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday that RFA will cease operations in Hong Kong by the end of March. Some employees will be transferred to Taipei in Taiwan or Washington DC in the US, while others will be laid off, the reports said. Citing internal sources, HK01 said that the company told staff in late February that the media outlet would shut down the Ho...
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Those found guilty of certain offences under Hong Kong’s proposed new security legislation, including treason and sabotage, may face life in prison, a draft bill unveiled on Friday has revealed. The government on Friday introduced the Safeguarding National Security Bill – known locally as Article 23 – to the city’s legislature, which convened a rare, off-schedule meeting to begin its legislative process. Andrew Leung, president of the Legislative Council (LegCo) said the government and the LegCo must join hands in passing the bill as soon as possible, describing it as a “historical mission.” S...
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A person “reasonably suspected of having committed an offence endangering national security” may be detained without charge for up to two weeks, after the initial 48-hours detention period expires, according to the draft homegrown security law bill. If the Safeguarding National Security Bill passes the opposition-free legislature, a police officer ranked chief superintendent or above may appeal to a magistrate’s court – within the initial 48-hour detention period – for an extension of up to two weeks. The magistrate can then extend the detention period for seven days after the first detention ...
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A new law under the city’s proposed homegrown national security legislation may see organisations accused of “external interference” dissolved if they are ordered to cease operations. The proposed law intends to criminalise interfering with government, court, legislative, or electoral affairs by “improper means,” through collaboration with external forces, and comes with a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison, according to a bill tabled to the city’s legislature on Friday morning. The Legislative Council convened a special meeting on Friday morning for the first reading of the Safeguarding N...
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Hong Kong’s existing early release schemes for prisoners may not apply to those who are serving time behind bars for an offence endangering national security, the draft of a new bill presented to the city’s legislature has revealed. A national security prisoner may not be considered for an early release unless the corrections chief was satisfied that their parole would not “be contrary to the interest of national security,” the bill drafted under Article 23 of the Basic Law read. Article 23 of the Basic Law stipulates that the government shall enact laws on its own to prohibit acts of treason,...
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The Hong Kong government may cancel the Hong Kong passports of security law “absconders” and ban providing them with financial support, a newly unveiled draft bill under Article 23 of the city’s mini-constitution has said. According to the full bill released on Friday morning, the secretary for security may declare an individual charged under the proposed security legislation as an absconder if they have been issued an arrest warrant for at least six months, they have not appeared in front of a magistrate, and if the security chief “reasonably believes” the person is not in Hong Kong. The decl...
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