- Soft resistance in many forms can also be linked to foreign agents, Secretary for Security Chris Tang says, ahead of new law to be drafted and completed by 2024
- Remit of law yet to be decided, but foreign interference, spying, theft of state secrets among areas to be covered
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Hong Kong’s impending local version of a security law due will target foreign interference and espionage, which can appear in many guises such as through alleged human rights and arts causes to divide society and incite hatred against the government, the city’s security minister has said.
In an exclusive interview with the Post, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also expected there to be another round of “smear campaigns” by the United States and its Western allies during the legislative process of Article 23 of the Basic Law, a long-shelved bill required under the city’s mini-constitution, in the coming year.With a separate security law already imposed by Beijing and now into its third year, Tang said the local version would cover the theft of state secrets and also “plug the loopholes on espionage and foreign interference”, among other yet-to-be identified crimes.
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