Hong Kong’s national security better protected with changes, experts say

Changes to Hong Kong’s implementation rules for the national security law will improve operational efficiency amid heightened geopolitical risks, experts have said. A legal expert and a former security minister said the amendments aimed to clearly lay out investigation procedures for searches under existing national security law powers, while an academic argued the move was needed to address online threats that could involve external forces. “There are new procedures, but there are no new pow...

By Jess Ma,Matthew Cheng