Posted 3/8/2024, 9:45:00 AM
Hong Kong Proposes Life Sentences Under New National Security Law
- New national security law in Hong Kong proposes life sentences for crimes like treason and insurrection
- Gives police power to search premises and seize "seditious" materials, punishable by up to 3 years in jail
- Introduces crimes of "foreign interference" and colluding with foreign forces, up to 10 years if with foreign collusion
- Builds on controversial 2021 National Security Law imposed by Beijing
- Government defends law to plug legal "loopholes" but critics warn it undermines due process and could criminalize routine work