Thread by @XinqiSu

#BREAKING A few changes - including some alarming ones - in the latest print of #NSL Reader Beijing gifted all HK teachers and schools to read. The book’s leading author is Wang Zhenmin, ex legal affairs chief of the Liaison Office.

Listing out in this #thread

1. Most alarming one - in the section about cases in HK’s jurisdiction, 1st print said other regulations in HK’s existing laws concerning national security “of course shall be followed” but the line is gone in 2nd print ...

(L: 1st print; R: 2nd print)

...instead 2nd print listed 3 ordinances in HK laws deemed “concerning national security offences” including the Crimes Ordinance, the Official Secrets Ordinance and the Societies Ordinance, and said if they contradict with #NSL, #NSL shall prevail.

(L: 1st print; R: 2nd print)

2. Second most alarming change - in the section about legal procedures should a case falls in mainland’s jurisdiction, 1st print included a par about regulations on officials-in-charge and law enforcers’ misconducts - it’s now gone.

(L: 1st print; R: 2nd print)

3. New judgement added - in the section about bail application in #NSL case, the new print included HK Court of Final Appeal’s ruling on #JimmyLai and emphasised that the no-bail-except article in #NSL does not violate presumption of innocence.

(L: 1st print; R: 2nd print)

4. Last but not least - the line in 1st print acknowledging that China’s #NSL passed in 2015 is not included in Annex III of Basic Law (meaning it can’t be enforced directly in HK) is removed in the 2nd print.

(L: 1st print; R: 2nd print)

#thread ends