HONG KONG (REUTERS) - Hong Kong police searched the office of an independent political pollster on Friday (July 10), 10 days after Beijing imposed sweeping national security legislation that has sent a chill across the former British colony.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - Hong Kong police searched the office of an independent political pollster on Friday , 10 days after Beijing imposed sweeping national security legislation that has sent a chill across the former British colony.
Last year, Mr Chung, who has repeatedly been criticised by pro-Beijing forces who question the accuracy of his polls, broke away from a polling operation he oversaw at the University of Hong Kong to set up his independent Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute . One question in the survey asked residents if they supported independence for Hong Kong, a political call that is a red line for Communist Party rulers in Beijing and has already become a target under the new security law.
They have said action was vital given the city's failure to pass such laws by itself as required under its mini-constitution, known as the Basic Law.
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