National Post: Security bill worries Hong Kong opposition
02/14/2003 Opponents, including most of the freely elected minority of Legislative Council members, said the
new law will have a "chilling effect" on [groups] operating out of Hong Kong.
(Clearwisdom.net) HONG KONG - Hong Kong took the wraps off a planned anti-subversion law
yesterday, giving the public its first detailed look at the most controversial legislation proposed
by the government since the territory's return to Chinese rule.
[...]
They say it could be used against groups of which Beijing disapproves such as Falun Gong, [...] or
even the Roman Catholic Church.
"A bridge has been crossed," said Yeung Sum, leader of the Democratic party, Hong Kong's
main opposition. "Their idea of national security is so different from ours and their political
system is so different from ours, and some of that is being written into our system."
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