China’s repressive and draconian national security laws imposed on Hong Kong were introduced to intimidate not only Hong Kongers, but the rest of the world according to former head of China Analysis at the Department of Defence Paul Monk.
“The new law in Hong Kong is extraordinarily sweeping and vague,” Mr Monk told Sky News host Sharri Markson. The national security laws aim to criminalise acts of sedition, secession or activities – including writing or speaking – which the Chinese Communist Party deem to be threatening its rule. The laws also allow anyone arrested for such acts to be tried and imprisoned in mainland China. “This has been put in place so they can intimidate people,” according to Mr Monk.
He said China under Xi Jinping is back to the worst form of “arbitrary government” which includes its extreme censorship, surveillance, and incarceration. China in recent months has stepped up its posturing in the South China Sea, engaged in genocidal acts against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, introduced the national security laws in Hong Kong, threatened to “smash Taiwan” if it doesn’t agree to unification on Beijing’s terms, and in recent weeks engaged in an “invasion of India”.
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