BEIJING (REUTERS) - China's new national security legislation may be used to establish a domestic intelligence agency in Hong Kong similar to the colonial-era Special Branch, the territory's former leader Leung Chun Ying said on Saturday (May 22).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - China's new national security legislation may be used to establish a domestic intelligence agency in Hong Kong similar to the colonial-era Special Branch, the territory's former leader Leung Chun Ying said on Saturday .
"There is a possibility ... of the central people's government authorising Hong Kong law enforcement bodies, such as the police, to enforce the law," Leung told Reuters in an interview. Leung, Hong Kong's chief executive from 2012-2017, is now a vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a top advisory body in China.
Hong Kong democracy activists say the national security legislation is evidence of Beijing's encroachment on freedoms guaranteed to Hong Kong under its "one country, two systems" style of governance. Many worry it could lead to Chinese troops on the streets, concerns Leung said were unfounded.
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