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Hong Kong: When Your Case Becomes ‘National Security’ and How Lives Can Be Ruined Overnight

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Hong Kong: When Your Case Becomes ‘National Security’ and How Lives Can Be Ruined Overnight — Pedestrians walks past a government-sponsored advertisement promoting a new national security law in Hong Kong on June 30, 2020. Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images

Edward Chin

6/15/2026|Updated: 6/15/2026

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Commentary

The Hong Kong government’s latest proposed legal amendment raises serious concerns about how far the reach of “national security” powers can extend. At the center of the proposal is a provision clarifying that the chief executive of Hong Kong may designate certain criminal matters as involving national security.

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Edward Chin

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Edward Chin was formerly country head of a UK publicly listed hedge fund, the largest of its kind measured by asset under management. Outside the hedge funds space, Chin is the convenor of the 2047 Hong Kong Monitor and a senior adviser of Reporters Without Borders. Chin studied speech communication at the University of Minnesota and received his MBA from the University of Toronto.