Zheng Yanxiong is known for stamping out anti-corruption protests in a village in Guangdong province. FMTNews SecurityLaw
A woman walks past a promotional banner of the national security law for Hong Kong on June 30.
The office – which has investigative and prosecutorial powers – will monitor intelligence related to national security and process cases, in some circumstances handing them over to mainland authorities. Hong Kong was rocked by several months of huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests last year, a movement which Beijing is keen to suppress through the new law.
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