Beijing Advances Plan to Secure Sweeping Powers in Hong Kong, Deepening Fears

Beijing Advances Plan to Secure Sweeping Powers in Hong Kong, Deepening Fears
A police officer (L) detains a man (C) as protesters gathered in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on June 12, 2020. Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images
Eva Fu
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Beijing will establish a security agency in Hong Kong, allowing it to heighten its control over the territory, according to a blueprint of a new national security law unveiled on June 20.

China’s communist regime will set up a dedicated central government bureau in the former British colony responsible for analyzing so-called security risks in the region, supervising the Hong Kong government to “fulfill its duties of protecting national security,” and collecting relevant intelligence, Chinese state media Xinhua said on Saturday.

Eva Fu
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Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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