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Hong Kong’s Article 23 national security law

Hong Kong’s Article 23 national security law
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All you need to know about Hong Kong’s domestic security law
Hong Kong national security law

All you need to know about Hong Kong’s domestic security law

Tracking the lead-up to the formulation of the bill, which has reached Legco for review.

Hong Kong protests

Hongkonger, 19, guilty of sedition over commercial complex toilet graffiti

US-China relations

US lets Hong Kong emergency expire but keeps preferential treatment restrictions

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Hong Kong national security law

5 Hong Kong booksellers arrested for alleged sedition released on bail

Suspects including Have A Nice Stay co-founder Sum Wan-wah released after earlier raids on bookstores selling alleged seditious material.

Police officers remove confiscated items after a raid on Have a Nice Stay bookshop in Hong Kong’s Prince Edward neighbourhood. Photo: Handout
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Booksellers must ensure titles don’t violate national security laws: Chris Tang

Security minister compares stores selling seditious books to vendors offering contaminated or poisonous food.

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Hong Kong national security laws must be continually improved, legal expert says

City ‘cannot put a full stop’ in improving legislation to address risks, Wang Zhenmin says, while highlighting harsher laws in US, UK and Singapore.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong duo admit joining pro-independence group ‘out of curiosity’, asylum bid

Chan Tai-sum, 27, and Ng Chi-tung, 25, plead guilty to secession conspiracy over Taiwan-based Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union roles.

The Wan Chai Courts building. Defence lawyers said the pair had been diagnosed with autism and were influenced by the disorder when they committed the offence. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong national security law

Exclusive | Repentant protesters will be given priority case review, minister says

Secretary for Security Chris Tang flags ongoing threats amid geopolitical tensions and need to continuously review and refine national security laws.

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Law

Legal Tales | Power of Hong Kong’s new national security regulation must be prudently deployed

The new powers conferred on the chief executive must be exercised in a way that is consistent with rights and freedoms entrenched in the Basic Law.

Hong Kong national security law

City leader’s new national security powers will not affect appeals: minister

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam says subsidiary laws provide greater clarity and certainty.

Hong Kong passed new subsidiary legislation earlier this month to clarify the definition of national security offences by establishing a mechanism that vests certification power in the chief executive at any stage of proceedings. Photo: Jelly Tse
The Washington Post

Hong Kong slams Washington Post commentary on national security law changes

Editorial describes new mechanism allowing city leader to classify legal cases as national security ones as ‘repressive’.

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The Hong Kong government has slammed The Washington Post for making “groundless allegations”. Photo: AP
Hong Kong courts

Opinion | Why executive branches are best placed to gauge national security risks

Courts the world over sit on national security cases but defer to executive judgment on national security issues. Hong Kong is no different.

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Hong Kong’s new national security regulation to be used rarely, ministers say

Legislative Council subcommittee completes scrutiny of the Safeguarding National Security (Procedural Matters) Regulation.

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Hong Kong national security law

New Hong Kong law allows national security procedures to extend to older cases

Subsidiary legislation which introduces classification mechanism for ‘other offences endangering national security’ is gazetted on Tuesday.

Pedestrians walk past a billboard for National Security Education Day in Sheung Wan in May last year. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong courts

Man jailed for 10 months over seditious messages thrown from Hong Kong flat

Raymond Wong wrote offensive messages targeting police, judges and mainland residents and threw them out of his window.

Posters in Mong Kok promote National Security Education Day. Photo: Jelly Tse
John Lee

John Lee vows ‘prudent’ use of power to define national security offences

Leader rejects concerns over centralisation of power, citing ‘state players’, sensitive information and ‘special responsibility’ to safeguard security.

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Hong Kong politics

Editorial | National security law refinement aims to clarify, plug loopholes

The move does not involve expanded powers but provides greater certainty in implementation of the law. It will not affect those who are law-abiding.

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Hong Kong courts

Labourer remanded after admitting he tossed seditious messages from flat

Raymond Wong to be sentenced next month over calling for liberation of Hong Kong and death of judges, police and mainland Chinese.

National Security Education Day is promoted in Tsim Sha Tsui. The Safeguarding National Security Ordinance was enacted in 2024. Photo: Edmond So
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Hong Kong earmarks additional HK$5 billion for national security

Fresh allocation brings total funding to HK$18 billion over five years.

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Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Hong Kong must stay watchful to protect its hard-won prosperity

During a ceremony marking National Security Education Day, leaders spoke of the need to be vigilant against various risks and challenges.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong retiree gets 1 year in jail for seditious social media comments

Raymond Chong, 61, pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court to knowingly publishing 53 seditious Facebook posts that denigrated central and local authorities.

The court knocked six months off Raymond Chong’s 18-month sentence in recognition of his guilty plea. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Opinion | Let’s be clear: national security law update is not a power grab

The amendments clarify ambiguities, close loopholes and are neither more intrusive nor less lawful than comparable legislation elsewhere.

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Police officers stand guard outside the Court of Appeal on February 23 as it delivers its verdict on 12 appeals related to the unofficial primary election held in Hong Kong in July 2020. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong national security law

‘Specified persons’ will be able to decrypt devices in national security cases

Security chief says amendments to implementation rules have not created new law enforcement powers.

Hong Kong courts

Jealous Hongkonger who threatened to burn 6 media newsrooms jailed for 1 year

Tse Chun-pan, 43, set up website for merchandise themed around 2019 protests and demanded media publish screenshots of seditious content in bid to frame rival.

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Here’s what an executive-led government really means in Hong Kong

The legislature and judiciary have a constitutional duty to rally behind the executive while exercising their powers independently.

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Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu attends the first session of the eighth Legislative Council in Admiralty on January 14, as Legco president Starry Lee Wai-king looks on. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | White paper documents the strength of Hong Kong’s security shield

Beijing’s latest white paper on Hong Kong clears up misconceptions by chronicling the progress made on protecting national security.

A general view of the Office for Safeguarding National Security at Tin Hau, taken on May 13, 2025. Photo: Sam Tsang
Jimmy Lai trial

Ex-Apple Daily executive first to appeal sentence in landmark Hong Kong trial

Fung Wai-kong, former managing editor of Apple Daily’s English edition, filed appeal with Hong Kong’s High Court on Monday.

Hong Kong courts

Retiree jailed for 8 months over seditious posts against Hong Kong government

Lam Ming-chung, 68, admits to posting seditious comments, including calling on voters to boycott last year’s Legislative Council election.

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