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3/ This disputable legislation is promulgated without any legislative scrutiny, just by the direct promulgation by #Beijing authority. This new mechanism allows #Beijing to impose more China’s draconian laws without any legislature scrutiny.
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#HongKong #Legco’s pro-#Beijing camp ready to address the press over national security laws
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#HongKong ’s gate is breached. Our autonomy guaranteed by the Sino-British Joint Declaration and #1C2S has been bombarded by #Beijing. This might be the finale of #HK but #Hongkongers shall not give in! #StandinWithHongKong #YouCantStopUs
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2/ The latest development by @Reuters shows, #Beijing plans to impose a #CCP-led court in #Hongkong that blocks all foreign judges. Beyond any doubt, all these new measures will undermine HK’s judicial independence and its role as the only common law jurisdiction on China’s soul.
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2/ When #Beijing insists on ignoring international responses and breaching international norms and rules, it is time for China to face the grave consequences and international backlashes for its irresponsible act of scraping an UN-filed Joint Declaration.
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.@demosisto says the #US’ likely suspension or abolishment of #HongKong’s zero tariff status & other sanctions are a “tragic but necessary step”, saying it’s #Beijing who “sold out HKers” with the #NationalSecurityLaw. @joshuawongcf calls on BJ to stop implementing the law
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3/ Up to now, #Beijing loyalists keep downplaying the adverse impacts on HK’s judicial independence & civil liberties. Under similar law in China, people seeking justice for #TiananmenMassacre, supporting HKProtest were sentenced to jail. It might kill HK’s democratic movements.
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1/ #Hongkongers welcome @BorisJohnson’s visa offer to 3 million #HongKong citizens, at the time when #Beijing government completely ignores the will of #HKers and unilaterally imposes the draconian #nationalsecuritylaw over the city.
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4/ HK’s judiciary independence will be in peril since #Beijing has already criticized local courts’ rulings last year, let alone more sensitive matters like national security. It will be the new weapon for Beijing to put pressure on UK companies like HSBC to side with China.
We mustn't forget what happened 31 years ago today in #TiananmenSquare, #Beijing. The event is commemorated in #Taiwan as a reminder not to let history repeat itself, including in #HongKong. Genuine freedom & democracy are the only way forward for all. twitter.com/iingwen/status…
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2. At the time when #Beijing is unilaterally imposing the draconian #NationalSecurityLaw upon #Hongkong, this year might be the last year that Hongkongers can talk about #TiananmenSquareMassacre publicly.
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4. The law is just the stepping stone for more interventions from #Beijing. With its ill-defined scope, the law will doubtlessly become the new weapon to crush dissents. With the new #secretpolice agency, Beijing can enforce #China's law in the territory of #HK.
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Tens of thousands of people in #HongKong defy a police ban to attend #June4 candlelight vigil to mark 31st anniversary of #TiananmenSquareMassacre, as a #NationalSecurityLaw imposed on #HK by #Beijing looms
@lukedepulford These #Beijing loyalists are tearing up a voided #BNO passport while leaving the real one at home. Are they trying keep their real 🇬🇧#BNO passports so they can move to the UK when they eventually get discarded by their 🇨🇳#CCP masters?
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JUST IN: #Beijing is suspending primary & secondary schools tomorrow, after more than 100 #coronavirus cases were reported in the past 5 days at the capital #COVID #COVIDー19
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2/ Local courts are also NOT allowed to give a milder interpretation of the offence to protect human rights. The interpretation power is exclusively assigned to #Beijing’s top legislature Standing Committee of the NPC.
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5/ CE is a puppet regime appointed by #Beijing, and you know the result). While revealing #Beijing’s hostility towards local judges, the new arrangement implies political considerations and loyalty can supersede and erode judicial independence.
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5/ CE is a puppet regime appointed by #Beijing, and you know the result). While revealing #Beijing’s hostility towards local judges, the new arrangement implies political considerations and loyalty can supersede and erode judicial independence.
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8/ Your personal information can also be sent to #China, since the new body will share information (with ill-defined scopes) with #hkpolice. Without checks and balances, #Beijing requires #hkpolice and courts “cooperate with new China’s office”.
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[Response to US's visa ban on CCP officials] 1. When #Beijing insists on ramming through an unpopular & sweeping #nationalsecuritylaw that imperils HK’s autonomy, @SecPompeo just announced visa bans on #CCP officials responsible for undermining #HK’s autonomy and human rights.
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[With its claws sharpened, Beijing toughens penalties under #NationalSecurityLaw] 1. Defying all oppositions, #Beijing will pass the law by June 30. NPC delegate Ip Kwok-him unveils, maximum penalty will be raised from 10 years to life sentence, heavier than previously expected.
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2. According to Wang Dan, one of the student leaders of the #TiananmenSquare pro-democracy movement in 1989, #Beijing will arrest me Joshua Wong and the city’s pro-democracy media tycoons Jimmy Lai on Wednesday (July 1), the day after the law is put into place.
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[End of Hong Kong, Beginning of Reign of Terror] 1. #Beijing has just passed the sweeping #nationalsecuritylaw. It marks the end of Hong Kong that the world knew before.
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Less than 24 hours after the law comes to effect, the most absurd thing happened when a #HKer that chanted "Long Live Liverpool" was accused by #hkpolice for inciting HK independence. Most importantly, #Beijing can use this law to arrest foreigners or foreign companies in #HK. twitter.com/joshuawongcf/s…
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[First day of national security law: #HKers will not surrender] 1/ When #Beijing has defied social oppositions and enacted the sweeping #nationalsecuritylaw in #HK, The UK government has offered an important lifeboat by opening path to citizenship for #HKers.