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In October 2023, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that the government
would table its own local national security legislation, with the China-imposed National Security Law
(NSL) remaining in effect during the process.
The local legislation aims to fulfil Article 23 of the Basic Law, which guarantees the ‘one country, two systems’ framework by prohibiting acts that, in the government’s eyes, threaten the regime security of the Central People’s Government. The legislation allows the government…