Despite official assurances Hong Kong’s new national-security law would apply only to an “extremely small minority,” alarm has spread widely
HONG KONG—China’s new national security law for Hong Kong is sending shudders through a city where people are used to speaking freely, prompting some to quickly change behavior and hide their support of the city’s protest movement for fear of becoming a target.
While authorities have made assurances that the law would only apply to an “extremely small minority” of people, the scope of the legislation has given police a broad mandate to enforce it, spreading alarm beyond activists, journalists and teachers already under more...
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