Discrepancy found between the Chinese and English versions of National Security Law
The Chinese National Security Law for Hong Kong was gazetted on 30 June, 2020 at 11 pm, but the English version was not published until 3 July. Legal professionals found discrepancy between the Chinese and English version.
In Chapter 2 Article 9 and 10, about “strengthening public communication, guidance, supervision and regulation over matters concerning national security” and “promoting national security education”, the word “universities” was added in the English version.
Former director of Journalism and Media Studies Centre of the University of Hong Kong, Ying Chan, posted on social media that such a discrepancy was found.
The English version published by China state media Xinhua News on 1 July also included the word “universities”.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah publicly stated earlier that the National Security Law was a "national law", therefore the Chinese version should be the standard.
Source: Stand News
#Jul5 #NationalSecurityLaw
The Chinese National Security Law for Hong Kong was gazetted on 30 June, 2020 at 11 pm, but the English version was not published until 3 July. Legal professionals found discrepancy between the Chinese and English version.
In Chapter 2 Article 9 and 10, about “strengthening public communication, guidance, supervision and regulation over matters concerning national security” and “promoting national security education”, the word “universities” was added in the English version.
Former director of Journalism and Media Studies Centre of the University of Hong Kong, Ying Chan, posted on social media that such a discrepancy was found.
The English version published by China state media Xinhua News on 1 July also included the word “universities”.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah publicly stated earlier that the National Security Law was a "national law", therefore the Chinese version should be the standard.
Source: Stand News
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National Security Law states 3 judges will replace the jury
According to the Chinese National Security Law implemented in Hong Kong, the Secretary for Justice can decide to judge a case by 3 judges instead of the jury in order to "protect national secrets".
Former Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions John Reading suggested that this was not a common practice.
Reading questioned, for example, if there were only two judges and they disagreed, majority voting would take place. This was not common practice, however, along with the other problems that will arise out of the various procedures. Reading stressed that all this was unusual.
Source: Cable TV
#Jul5 #nationalsecuritylaw
National Security Law states 3 judges will replace the jury
According to the Chinese National Security Law implemented in Hong Kong, the Secretary for Justice can decide to judge a case by 3 judges instead of the jury in order to "protect national secrets".
Former Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions John Reading suggested that this was not a common practice.
Reading questioned, for example, if there were only two judges and they disagreed, majority voting would take place. This was not common practice, however, along with the other problems that will arise out of the various procedures. Reading stressed that all this was unusual.
Source: Cable TV
#Jul5 #nationalsecuritylaw
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Carrie Lam: “Ridiculous” to say the national security law should be passed in LegCo
Chief Executive Carrie Lam wrote on social media that it was ridiculous and unrealistic to say the national security law should be passed by LegCo, especially under the current political reality where there was less space for rational discussion in the LegCo. She pointed out that in both unitary states and federal states, local governments will not set up laws concerning national security. She asked citizens to avoid being fooled by foreign officials saying “Stand With Hong Kong”.
She criticised non pro-establishment lawmakers for disrupting the discussion in the Panel on Education, making it more and more difficult to maintain a rational discussion in the LegCo. She stressed that the central government is respecting One Country Two Systems by passing the responsibility of upholding national security to Hong Kong.
Chief Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung Kin-chung posted in his blog stating he understood citizens may have different opinions, but sometimes they do not fully comprehend the laws. He suggested that the government will educate the public and make them understand the national security law. He stressed that “Glory to Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” hinted Hong Kong independence and citizens should not risk breaking the law.
Cheung pointed out that major officials will join the LegCo on 7 July, and he will explain the national security law to foreign ambassadors and trade unions.
Source: Now TV
#Jul5 #nationalsecuritylaw #CarrieLam #LegCo
Chief Executive Carrie Lam wrote on social media that it was ridiculous and unrealistic to say the national security law should be passed by LegCo, especially under the current political reality where there was less space for rational discussion in the LegCo. She pointed out that in both unitary states and federal states, local governments will not set up laws concerning national security. She asked citizens to avoid being fooled by foreign officials saying “Stand With Hong Kong”.
She criticised non pro-establishment lawmakers for disrupting the discussion in the Panel on Education, making it more and more difficult to maintain a rational discussion in the LegCo. She stressed that the central government is respecting One Country Two Systems by passing the responsibility of upholding national security to Hong Kong.
Chief Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung Kin-chung posted in his blog stating he understood citizens may have different opinions, but sometimes they do not fully comprehend the laws. He suggested that the government will educate the public and make them understand the national security law. He stressed that “Glory to Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” hinted Hong Kong independence and citizens should not risk breaking the law.
Cheung pointed out that major officials will join the LegCo on 7 July, and he will explain the national security law to foreign ambassadors and trade unions.
Source: Now TV
#Jul5 #nationalsecuritylaw #CarrieLam #LegCo
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林鄭：國安立法要經立法會程序是「痴人說夢話」
【Now新聞台】行政長官林鄭月娥在社交網站指，立法會理性討論施政空間減少，認為在這個政治現實下，由立法會為國家安全立法是「癡人說夢話」。她指，無論是單一制或聯邦制的國家，都不會假手於地方政府為國安立法。
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Albert Chen Views the New National Security Law as a New Social Contract. Jerome A. Cohen Retorts at His Former Student, “It is a Secretly Drafted, Extremely Vague, Non-Negotiable Political and Social Diktat”
Albert Chen, member of the Basic Law Committee and scholar at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, stated in an RTHK programme that the Hong Kong National Security Law could be understood as the Central government’s way of continuing “One Country, Two Systems” through a new social contract that is accepted and abided by the Central government, the HKSAR government and the general public of Hong Kong.
Jerome A. Cohen, professor at New York University School of Law and leading expert on Chinese law and government, responded to his former student Albert Chen on his blog, stating that the Hong Kong National Security Law is a “non-negotiable political and social diktat”. According to Cohen, the law was secretly drafted, vague, and not even close to a contract.
Cohen disagreed with Chen’s view that the National Security Law is a contract because a contract should be voluntarily entered into by all parties involved, “as every law professor should know”.
Cohen also mentioned that the Basic Law might be optimistically understood as a social contract despite the unequal bargaining powers of the two sides, because it involved a very long negotiating process where the UK and even Hongkonger representatives took part in the different stages of that process. The National Security Law’s establishment was, on the contrary, completely void of these elements, thus its establishment could be seen as an immediate threat to Hong Kong’s freedom.
According to Cohen, one could expect the new “rule of law” brought upon by the National Security Law and the involvement of Mainland police and local units in its enforcement to follow the doctrine of “Do what we say and you will be fine and even happy”. He speculated that Hongkongers would gradually lose even their freedom to remain silent, and that Hong Kong’s time for “benign optimism” was now gone.
Cohen has been commenting on the National Security Law on his blog multiple times ever since the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress announced its plan to draft the Hong Kong National Security Law in May. Cohen stated in an interview with the Guardian in June that the National Security Law has brought dramatic changes to Hong Kong’s legal system by allowing the CCP to control Hong Kong in previously unimaginable ways. After the National Security Law was passed and its details published, Cohen has written articles to state his concerns that the new law would put Hong Kong’s legal system under the CCP’s control and lead to situations of Hongkongers being tried in Mainland China. He has described the law as the CCP’s way of taking full control of Hong Kong and not just a handover for the second time.
In the RTHK programme mentioned above, Albert Chen said that the new contract, aka the National Security Law, was simply asking Hongkongers to fulfil their basic responsibility of endorsing Hong Kong as part of China, aka the concept of “One Country”, by not committing the offenses of secession, subversion, organisation and perpetration of terrorist activities, and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security in relation to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Chen found the new law reasonably acceptable, and those who abide by the new law could continue to live and work in peace in Hong Kong. He furthered that the values in Hong Kong’s current system would still exist and develop under the new law and that the Central government, together with the HKSAR government, would continue to improve the livelihood of Hongkongers by supporting the city’s economic and social development.
Source: Stand News #Jul5
https://www.thestandnews.
Albert Chen Views the New National Security Law as a New Social Contract. Jerome A. Cohen Retorts at His Former Student, “It is a Secretly Drafted, Extremely Vague, Non-Negotiable Political and Social Diktat”
Albert Chen, member of the Basic Law Committee and scholar at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, stated in an RTHK programme that the Hong Kong National Security Law could be understood as the Central government’s way of continuing “One Country, Two Systems” through a new social contract that is accepted and abided by the Central government, the HKSAR government and the general public of Hong Kong.
Jerome A. Cohen, professor at New York University School of Law and leading expert on Chinese law and government, responded to his former student Albert Chen on his blog, stating that the Hong Kong National Security Law is a “non-negotiable political and social diktat”. According to Cohen, the law was secretly drafted, vague, and not even close to a contract.
Cohen disagreed with Chen’s view that the National Security Law is a contract because a contract should be voluntarily entered into by all parties involved, “as every law professor should know”.
Cohen also mentioned that the Basic Law might be optimistically understood as a social contract despite the unequal bargaining powers of the two sides, because it involved a very long negotiating process where the UK and even Hongkonger representatives took part in the different stages of that process. The National Security Law’s establishment was, on the contrary, completely void of these elements, thus its establishment could be seen as an immediate threat to Hong Kong’s freedom.
According to Cohen, one could expect the new “rule of law” brought upon by the National Security Law and the involvement of Mainland police and local units in its enforcement to follow the doctrine of “Do what we say and you will be fine and even happy”. He speculated that Hongkongers would gradually lose even their freedom to remain silent, and that Hong Kong’s time for “benign optimism” was now gone.
Cohen has been commenting on the National Security Law on his blog multiple times ever since the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress announced its plan to draft the Hong Kong National Security Law in May. Cohen stated in an interview with the Guardian in June that the National Security Law has brought dramatic changes to Hong Kong’s legal system by allowing the CCP to control Hong Kong in previously unimaginable ways. After the National Security Law was passed and its details published, Cohen has written articles to state his concerns that the new law would put Hong Kong’s legal system under the CCP’s control and lead to situations of Hongkongers being tried in Mainland China. He has described the law as the CCP’s way of taking full control of Hong Kong and not just a handover for the second time.
In the RTHK programme mentioned above, Albert Chen said that the new contract, aka the National Security Law, was simply asking Hongkongers to fulfil their basic responsibility of endorsing Hong Kong as part of China, aka the concept of “One Country”, by not committing the offenses of secession, subversion, organisation and perpetration of terrorist activities, and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security in relation to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Chen found the new law reasonably acceptable, and those who abide by the new law could continue to live and work in peace in Hong Kong. He furthered that the values in Hong Kong’s current system would still exist and develop under the new law and that the Central government, together with the HKSAR government, would continue to improve the livelihood of Hongkongers by supporting the city’s economic and social development.
Source: Stand News #Jul5
https://www.thestandnews.
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#Facebook, #Twitter, #Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
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Source: Wall Street Journal #Jul5
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#Facebook, #Twitter, #Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
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#Facebook, #Twitter, #Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
//Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws that could make them liable for the malicious sharing of individuals’ information online.
A letter sent by an industry group that includes the internet firms said companies are concerned that the planned rules to address doxing could put their staff at risk of criminal investigations or prosecutions related to what the firms’ users post online. Doxing refers to the practice of putting people’s personal information online so they can be harassed by others.
Hong Kong’s Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau in May proposed amendments to the city’s data-protection laws that it said were needed to combat doxing, a practice that was prevalent during 2019 protests in the city. The proposals call for punishments of up to 1 million Hong Kong dollars, the equivalent of about $128,800, and up to five years’ imprisonment.
“The only way to avoid these sanctions for technology companies would be to refrain from investing and offering the services in Hong Kong,” said the previously unreported June 25 letter from the Singapore-based Asia Internet Coalition, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.//
Read more:
www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-twitter-google-warn-planned-hong-kong-tech-law-could-drive-them-out-11625483036
Source: Wall Street Journal #Jul5
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https://thestandnews.page.link/URLxJrLrxBrhxtdD6
#MassSurveillance #InformationFlow #Communication #Doxing
#Facebook, #Twitter, #Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
//Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws that could make them liable for the malicious sharing of individuals’ information online.
A letter sent by an industry group that includes the internet firms said companies are concerned that the planned rules to address doxing could put their staff at risk of criminal investigations or prosecutions related to what the firms’ users post online. Doxing refers to the practice of putting people’s personal information online so they can be harassed by others.
Hong Kong’s Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau in May proposed amendments to the city’s data-protection laws that it said were needed to combat doxing, a practice that was prevalent during 2019 protests in the city. The proposals call for punishments of up to 1 million Hong Kong dollars, the equivalent of about $128,800, and up to five years’ imprisonment.
“The only way to avoid these sanctions for technology companies would be to refrain from investing and offering the services in Hong Kong,” said the previously unreported June 25 letter from the Singapore-based Asia Internet Coalition, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.//
Read more:
www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-twitter-google-warn-planned-hong-kong-tech-law-could-drive-them-out-11625483036
Source: Wall Street Journal #Jul5
Image: Stand News
https://thestandnews.page.link/URLxJrLrxBrhxtdD6
#MassSurveillance #InformationFlow #Communication #Doxing
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WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook, Twitter, Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
A letter sent by an industry group that includes Facebook, Twitter and Google said the companies are concerned that planned rules to address doxing could put their staff at risk of criminal investigation or prosecution.
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#Hongkongers in #UK Initiate #Flashmob Activity to Raise Awareness of HK Situation
In response to the forced shutdown of #AppleDaily on June 24, 2021, an UK-based Hongkongers' association initiated a flash-mob activity in the Waterloo train station on July 4, 2021.
Around 30 people displayed and read a DIY edition of the Apple Daily newspaper. The edition was also distributed on the street afterwards, with a goal to draw public attention to Hong Kong's deteriorating education.
Among the participants, there was a 12-year-old boy who has been injured but insisted on helping, despite the need of his walking sticks.
The boy arrived in London from Hong Kong with her mother in February. He said, "there is no more freedom in Hong Kong". He wished to support the pro-democracy newspaper.
Source: Stand News #Jul5
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E5%BF%AB%E9%96%83%E6%92%90%E8%98%8B%E6%9E%9C-12-%E6%AD%B2%E7%94%B7%E6%92%90%E6%9E%B4%E6%9D%96%E5%87%B
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#Hongkongers in #UK Initiate #Flashmob Activity to Raise Awareness of HK Situation
In response to the forced shutdown of #AppleDaily on June 24, 2021, an UK-based Hongkongers' association initiated a flash-mob activity in the Waterloo train station on July 4, 2021.
Around 30 people displayed and read a DIY edition of the Apple Daily newspaper. The edition was also distributed on the street afterwards, with a goal to draw public attention to Hong Kong's deteriorating education.
Among the participants, there was a 12-year-old boy who has been injured but insisted on helping, despite the need of his walking sticks.
The boy arrived in London from Hong Kong with her mother in February. He said, "there is no more freedom in Hong Kong". He wished to support the pro-democracy newspaper.
Source: Stand News #Jul5
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E5%BF%AB%E9%96%83%E6%92%90%E8%98%8B%E6%9E%9C-12-%E6%AD%B2%E7%94%B7%E6%92%90%E6%9E%B4%E6%9D%96%E5%87%B
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China Buys Friends With Ports and Roads. Now the U.S. Is Trying to Compete.
An aging shipyard here has a new suitor sizing it up for investment: the U.S. government.
To counter China’s rising global economic influence, Washington has taken a new direction with foreign assistance. Rather than just lend money or promote trade, as in recent decades, the U.S. is now investing dollars overseas to advance American national-security interests. It wants ports, cellular networks and other strategic assets to stay in friendly hands.
At the forefront of this effort is an agency Congress overhauled in 2019, the International Development Finance Corp., or DFC.
Source: WSJ #Jul5
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-buys-friends-with-ports-and-roads-now-the-u-s-is-trying-to-compete-11626363239
#China #Ports #Roads #US
An aging shipyard here has a new suitor sizing it up for investment: the U.S. government.
To counter China’s rising global economic influence, Washington has taken a new direction with foreign assistance. Rather than just lend money or promote trade, as in recent decades, the U.S. is now investing dollars overseas to advance American national-security interests. It wants ports, cellular networks and other strategic assets to stay in friendly hands.
At the forefront of this effort is an agency Congress overhauled in 2019, the International Development Finance Corp., or DFC.
Source: WSJ #Jul5
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-buys-friends-with-ports-and-roads-now-the-u-s-is-trying-to-compete-11626363239
#China #Ports #Roads #US