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As China’s National Day (Oct. 1) approaches, the Chinese communist regime is strengthening its security checks around the subway system, and even plans to install microphones in the carriages to monitor peoples’ conversations.

According to a Radio Free Asia report, the director of the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau, Song Jianguo, said on August 3 that stringent checks will be carried out on all vehicles supporting or taking part in the National Day activities.

As for public transportation, Sing Tao Daily reported on August 2 that in addition to the existing video surveillance systems, Beijing plans to install microphones to collect more information in case of an unexpected incident.

However, Beijing’s former deputy editor-in-chief of the Economics Weekly, Gao Yu, said, “According to the Constitution and the Public Order Security Act, I think collecting audio information in railway carriages violates civil rights.”

Ong Yew-kim, researcher of Studies on China's Legal System at the Chinese University in Hong Kong, said, “Chinese law does not permit recording of audio information in public places—it’s obviously against the law.”

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