At what point do the authorities decide Hong Kong has sufficient NatSec legislation? It seems there isn’t one…
The vice president of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies said on Tuesday that Hong Kong should keep improving its national security laws.
Wang Zhenmin, a law professor at Tsinghua University, described the process of improving national security legislation as a long and gradual one – saying it is always a work in progress and never truly complete.
…“In recent years, the national security risks and challenges we face are rising significantly, especially with external efforts to suppress the country,” Wang said.
“We must respond to changes in the external security environment and the practical needs of safeguarding national security, and further improve relevant legislation, arming and protecting ourselves with the law.”
Brian Kern on an American writer being refused a visa to visit Hong Kong…
Blumberg-Kason’s case is … not unique. What is significant about it is the insight it provides into the extent to which the Immigration Department screened her politically. Blumberg-Kason was somewhat surprised by the attention her visa application received, given that neither her books nor other literary activities have been especially “politically sensitive.” It is not hard to imagine that if the Immigration Department engages in such investigative measures in the case of the visa application of an American writer wishing to visit Hong Kong for a short period, it is making similar efforts in other cases.
…what is most striking is that the agency was so open about its screening, revealing it to the applicant and seeking a response. In other cases of which I’m aware, the people seeking to enter Hong Kong or applying for a work visa simply got rejected with no explanation at all.
Does the Immigration Dept have the resources for such intensive political background checks into visa applicants? Or are they outsourcing the job to amply staffed NatSec agencies?
Though it seems working in those agencies can be quite stressful…
A Hong Kong police officer has been sentenced to nearly two years in jail for filming upskirt footage of a woman and attempting to grab a colleague’s handgun to kill himself after his arrest last year.
…Ko, a married father of two with 15 years of service, had been under immense pressure since joining the force’s national security department, the court heard.
And another bookstore decides to close its doors…
Independent bookstore Have a Nice Stay has announced its closure, citing financial difficulties and “unclear red lines” that make it hard to determine which titles can legally be circulated in Hong Kong.
…Have a Nice Stay’s post stated that the owners “cannot possibly read every single book,” let alone determine which ones are ‘problematic.’”
Authorities have declined to publicise a list of banned books.
Why does an American writer need a Visa to visit HK? They can arrive Visa free as a tourist. And it’s not like US doesn’t do this sort of screening anyway. Something doesn’t add up. It’s a really odd thing for an American visitor to apply for a HK Visa and that does invite scrutiny and that’s a thing all immigration departments do.
On the other hand RTHK quoted the biggest lie regarding our national security laws:
“They neither overstretch the concept of security nor pursue absolute security, making Hong Kong’s national security laws the world’s mildest, the most law-abiding and the most protective of human rights.”
Do they think repeating this utter bullshit somehow makes it true? US doesn’t imprison people for their statements, there must be violent actions not mere T shirts, slogans, and books the regime doesn’t like. US also can’t magically retroactively make a non national security case a national security one where it goes through a parallel court system. People accused of national security crimes in the west have presumption of bail. These Chinese State officials really love turning black into white.
Just like when it comes to reading State media, you simply have to believe the opposite of what security officials say as it’s complete nonsense that the NSL is the mildest form of national security law and we can all plainly see national security laws in the west don’t have sedition laws that allow a person to be thrown into prison just for their speech against government officials or state authorities. They just can’t be honest with the public, and the public already knows they are full of shit. I’d be a little less pissed off if they didn’t constantly gaslight us like we are in 1984.
It’s interesting that it’s stressful to work as a national security department cop. I wonder if it’s because it’s difficult to find crimes making the whole thing a farce?
“Carcass in flood water” sounds like a Monet painting.
“Why does an American writer need a Visa to visit HK? They can arrive Visa free as a tourist.” Ah she was probably going to be paid to give a speec is what I assume. Yeah that’s going to attract scrutiny in the new HK. They don’t like that.