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Journalists run as police fire water cannons during a march against the new national security law in Hong Kong today.
“I’m scared of going to jail but for justice, I have to come out today, I have to stand up,” said one 35-year-old man who gave his name as Seth.Police fired water cannon to chase them away and later said they had made 30 arrests for illegal assembly, obstruction, possession of weapons and violating the new law.
But critics fear it will crush the freedoms that are seen as key to Hong Kong’s success as a financial centre. He said the new office abided by Chinese law and that Hong Kong’s legal system could not be expected to implement the laws of the mainland. On July 1 last year, hundreds of protesters stormed and vandalised the city’s legislature to protest against a now-scrapped bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China.
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