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[Hong Kong's National Security Law] CY Leung: Hong Kong may set up intelligence agency like "Special Branch". Wu Chi-wai: Like Germany's "Gestapo"
(24 May)In an interview with Reuters, former Chief Executive CY Leung mentioned that the Central Government may set up a local intelligence agency in Hong Kong similar to the Special Branch of its colonial era. It may authorise Hong Kong law enforcement bodies to enforce "Hong Kong's National Security Law". He added that Hong Kong had a Special Branch to deal with national security threats during the British colonial period, which was dismantled in 1997 before the Handover.
Albert Ho questioned whether the "secret police" would command Hong Kong police
In response, Democratic Party Chairman Wu Chi-wai lambasted Leung for "spewing nonsense". Leung took the example of similar national security agencies in other countries to support the establishment of a national security agency in Hong Kong. Regarding this, Wu stressed that the political power of the countries mentioned came from election by its people. "It is not for the rule of man to decide who is right or wrong." He emphasised that the Central Government's establishment of law enforcement units in Hong Kong was equivalent to creating the Eastern Depot from the Ming Dynasty or the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret police, in Hong Kong, i.e. the establishment of an arbitrary Central Government Secret Service in Hong Kong.
Wu continued his criticism, the Chinese government's implementation of "Hong Kong's National Security Law" meant applying the rule of man approach from the Mainland to Hong Kong. It would be like opening the " 'front door' to the legal system between Hong Kong and China" so that "secret police" could enforce the law across the border. This would undermine "one country, two systems" both "in form and in name" and allow the arbitrary conviction of Hongkongers.
Albert Ho, Chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, slammed the Chinese government for blatantly violating the Sino-British Joint Declaration and reneging on its promise that Hong Kong shall remain unchanged for 50 years, "shocking the whole world". If Hong Kong were to set up something akin to the colonial era's Special Branch, which side of the law would that "secret police" enforce? Would the enforcement agency be responsible for commanding the Hong Kong Police Force? So far, the details are vague. Ho said the current situation "may not have reached its worst". He questioned the government, "Under what circumstances should Hong Kong's (international) status be preserved?"
Source: Apple Daily News
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[Hong Kong's National Security Law] CY Leung: Hong Kong may set up intelligence agency like "Special Branch". Wu Chi-wai: Like Germany's "Gestapo"
(24 May)In an interview with Reuters, former Chief Executive CY Leung mentioned that the Central Government may set up a local intelligence agency in Hong Kong similar to the Special Branch of its colonial era. It may authorise Hong Kong law enforcement bodies to enforce "Hong Kong's National Security Law". He added that Hong Kong had a Special Branch to deal with national security threats during the British colonial period, which was dismantled in 1997 before the Handover.
Albert Ho questioned whether the "secret police" would command Hong Kong police
In response, Democratic Party Chairman Wu Chi-wai lambasted Leung for "spewing nonsense". Leung took the example of similar national security agencies in other countries to support the establishment of a national security agency in Hong Kong. Regarding this, Wu stressed that the political power of the countries mentioned came from election by its people. "It is not for the rule of man to decide who is right or wrong." He emphasised that the Central Government's establishment of law enforcement units in Hong Kong was equivalent to creating the Eastern Depot from the Ming Dynasty or the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret police, in Hong Kong, i.e. the establishment of an arbitrary Central Government Secret Service in Hong Kong.
Wu continued his criticism, the Chinese government's implementation of "Hong Kong's National Security Law" meant applying the rule of man approach from the Mainland to Hong Kong. It would be like opening the " 'front door' to the legal system between Hong Kong and China" so that "secret police" could enforce the law across the border. This would undermine "one country, two systems" both "in form and in name" and allow the arbitrary conviction of Hongkongers.
Albert Ho, Chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, slammed the Chinese government for blatantly violating the Sino-British Joint Declaration and reneging on its promise that Hong Kong shall remain unchanged for 50 years, "shocking the whole world". If Hong Kong were to set up something akin to the colonial era's Special Branch, which side of the law would that "secret police" enforce? Would the enforcement agency be responsible for commanding the Hong Kong Police Force? So far, the details are vague. Ho said the current situation "may not have reached its worst". He questioned the government, "Under what circumstances should Hong Kong's (international) status be preserved?"
Source: Apple Daily News
https://bit.ly/3gprkEb
#China #NationalSecurityLaw #OneCountryOneSystem #Gestapo #SinoBritishJointDeclaration