The law punishes what China describes broadly as secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison. However, the city's leader says the legislation is mild compared with that in other countries.
Hong Kong's new national security law imposed by Beijing last week does not spell "doom and gloom" for the city, according to its leader Carrie Lam.Carrie Lam says the law will restore Hong Kong's status as one of the safest cities in the worldCritics say the law undermines freedoms guaranteed under the one country, two systems framework, what China describes broadly as secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces.
The legislation has been criticised by countries such as Britain and the United States and by human rights groups. And the law gives mainland Chinese security agencies an enforcement presence in Hong Kong for the first time. In addition to local police, mainland Chinese security agencies now have an enforcement presence in Hong Kong.
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