The National People's Congress (NPC), which opens on May 22, will consider a bill on Hong Kong's "safeguarding national security ".
According to Hong Kong media reports, the accession to the National Security Law will include subversion regime 、 secession, terrorist activities, and outside interference. All this means that the controversial section 23 of the Basic Law, which does not need to be considered by the Hong Kong legislation Council, will be implemented in Hong Kong directly in Annex III of the Basic Law. It is expected that the bill will be voted on next Thursday (28th) and implemented in Hong Kong as soon as August this year.
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Great political pressure government Britain
News of beijing's plans to enforce the national security law in hong kong quickly sparked a backlash in british and american politics. Both Downing Street and the White House are facing calls for some form of political and economic opposition to China.
The last governor of the United Kingdom, Sir Patten, who has long been concerned about the situation in Hong Kong, told the British press in the first place that Beijing's move amounted to "a comprehensive attack on Hong Kong's autonomy, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms ".
Sir Patten reportedly sent a letter to British Foreign Minister Rabu (Dominic Raab) demanding that British government not sit idly by watching the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which came into effect in 1985," be unilaterally abandoned by Beijing ". Meanwhile, there are plenty of calls within the ruling conservative party government reassess politics and economic relationship, with beijing, including a decision to allow Huawei to participate in five G of networking in the uk.
U.S. President and State Department issued a warning
Meanwhile, U.S. President Trump warned at a routine White House journalist meeting Thursday that he would respond to Beijing's efforts to tighten controls in Hong Kong.
Trump said :" If (Beijing) legislation, we will have a very strong response ".
On the same day, the speaker of the United States Department of State (Morgan Ortagus) also warned that "any enforcement of the National Security Act, which does not reflect the wishes of the people of Hong Kong, will be condemned by the international community ".
He added that the U.S. State Department had decided to suspend the submission of the annual Hong Kong Policy Bill to the parliament in order to "record more acts that Beijing might have planned during the two sessions that could undermine Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy ".
Chinese speaker : bill "absolutely necessary"
According to China's official agenda for the third session of the National People's Congress, the bill is entitled "Draft Decision of the National People's Congress on Establishing and Improving the law System and Implementation Mechanism for the Safeguarding of National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ".
Zhang Yesui, a Chinese speaker, said at a journalist meeting on Thursday (May 21) that national security is an important cornerstone of the country and that safeguarding national security is the fundamental interest of all ethnic groups, including Hong Kong compatriots. He noted that in the 19th "Fourth Plenary Session ", it was clearly proposed to establish and improve the law system and implementation mechanism of the HKSAR to safeguard national security.
The National People's Congress (NPC), as the highest organ of State authority ," exercises the functions and powers conferred by the constitution in the light of the new situation and needs ", establishes and perfects at the national level the law system and the enforcement mechanism for maintaining Hong Kong's national security, and upholds and perfects the system of "one country, two systems ". He said that specific content could be focused on the morning of the 22nd plenary session.
The accession to the National Security Law will include subversion of state regime 、 secession, terrorist activities, and interference by external forces, according to information quoted by the Hong Kong media. This means that the controversial part of Article 23 of the Basic Law is implemented in Hong Kong directly in Annex III of the Basic Law, without consideration.
Chinese speaker Zhang Yesui said safeguarding national security is the fundamental interest of the people, including Hong Kong compatriots.
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The Hong Kong Ming Pao newspaper quoted a source as saying that the legislation "may enter into force directly in Hong Kong without local legislation ", but details of penalties, enforcement, etc. need to be further discussed. The bill is intended to give Hong Kong government the power to ban organizations or institutions central defined in Hong Kong as involving" colour revolution "、" penetration ", or to prohibit the entry into Hong Kong of persons working for the institutions and organizations concerned, central it is hoped that by this means, foreign funds to assist local opposition organizations will be cut off.
The National Security Act includes 23 articles
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The Basic Law of Hong Kong states in Article 23 that "Hong Kong shall, on its own legislation ", prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion of the government of the central people and theft of state secrets, prohibit political organizations or groups of foreign countries from conducting political activities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and prohibit political organizations or groups of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from establishing links with foreign political organizations or groups.
"Subverting the State regime "、" splitting the State" and "interference by external forces" in the content of the National Security Law to be considered by the National People's Congress are part of 23 articles, but "terrorist activities" are not in themselves part of 23 articles.
Hong Kong's pro-Beijing forces and police are constantly stressing that Hong Kong is heading for "terrorism "." The Hong Kong Police and Security Bureau said more than a dozen explosion and guns cases had been smashed, and they were very concerned about the "breeding of local terrorism ". However, at the end of April, Hong Kong police arrested a police officer suspected of "self-directed" one of the gasoline bomb cases.
The NLD, the largest formed political party in Hong Kong, said it would fully support the bill, saying that in recent years "Hong Kong independence" is on the rise, that "violence activities that undermine social security and the rule of law are rampant" and that political figures "openly seek foreign interference in China's internal affairs and Hong Kong affairs, seriously endangering national security and development interests ". The NPC legislation, on the implementation of national security in Hong Kong is a" responsible approach "in response to the actual situation of Hong Kong's constitutional responsibilities and the current severe situation in international politics and the Hong Kong community. The NLD also called on the Hong Kong Government to legislation .23 articles as soon as possible
Democracy in Hong Kong believes that the National Security Act weakens Hong Kong's freedom of expression and rally, and fears that there will be "guilty by words ".
Opposition to 23 of the recent hong kong demonstration remains a demand that demonstration will express.
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The other legislation said on the social networking site that if the National Security Law was incorporated directly into Annex III of the Basic Law during the two sessions and the Hong Kong Government was instructed to declare it immediately, it would be the first time that the Communist Party of China had directly establish charges, penalties and enforcement methods against Hong Kong people ." As with all Chinese people's totalitarianism, it would do whatever it takes ", fearing that the National Security Law would allow Chinese national security personnel to publicly enforce the law in Hong Kong and authorize mainland to bring suspects back to mainland detain and investigate, thereby undermining Hong Kong's judicial power.
The law scholar of the University of Hong Kong, Mr Cheung Tai-ming, said that if the bill was passed, reflecting the central's lack of patience, the practice of customizing Hong Kong in the name of a national law law, would be tantamount to replacing Hong Kong by a central.
In an interview with Hong Kong media, Huang Zhifeng, secretary-general of the Hong Kong People's Congress, said the Beijing approach was aimed at international lobbying by democrats. He said he did not regret promoting the work and would not give up his future work. Even if there were more opportunities for the organization to be banned, and even if there were "false" charges, he would resist the crackdown and bring the voice of Hong Kong people to the international community.
Last year, Hong Kong demonstration became violence police conflict.
British and American Concerns about Hong Kong
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Some politicians are actively lobbying for foreign attention to hong kong, such as Europe and America. President Trump signed the hong kong human rights and democracy act last november and will review hong kong's autonomy every year to decide whether to allow hong kong to remain an independent customs territory.
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo said in early May that the State Department would submit a Hong Kong report to parliament to see if Beijing would further weaken Hong Kong's autonomy before the two sessions.
On wednesday (may 20), he reiterated that the recent experience of hong kong's democrats made it harder for him to assess whether hong kong still has a high degree of autonomy and that washington would follow developments.
The examples cited include the earlier charges of organizing and participating in unauthorized assembly, such as Lee Chuk-ming, chairman of the founding party of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong, and Lai Chi-ying, founder of the media, as well as councillor attempts by the legislation inner-party democrats to block the passage of the National Anthem Act, which led to a physical conflict. between the two sides
There have been many conflict. legislation Hong Kong
Speaking on tuesday (19th) for The British Broadcasting Corporation 《 news night, former governor peng dingkang said that the handover of the hong kong sovereignty was going well during the first decade, but when Xi Jinping came to power, the communist party authorities stepped up control, raising fears that the situation would get out of control.
He believes that the British side is responsible for Hong Kong, should re-examine the relationship, with China in economic, trade and security may have something to give up.
"Peng Dingkang, an ancient sinner, is bound to be nailed to the stigma of history ," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner's Office in Hong Kong issued a statement early on speaker 21 morning, criticizing him for wilfully distorting" one country, two systems "and the Basic Law, denigrating central's policy towards Hong Kong and maligning China's international image.
