The bill requires HK gov to “strengthen supervision and management” of national security issues in schools and social groups. 
HK has to set up a national security commission similar to Macau’s, which is led by the chief executive and includes major officials, particularly of those from disciplined services.
Note that HK police will have two reps in the commission - its chief and NatSec section chief.
Note that HK police will have two reps in the commission - its chief and NatSec section chief.
Beijing will appoint an advisor to HK’s national security commission and HK’s Department of Justice must set up a special team to prosecute national security cases.
HK police will get new powers from this new law to handle national security cases.
HK’s chief executive will have to select from former and current judges to try national security cases.
HK’s chief executive will have to select from former and current judges to try national security cases.
Beijing will set up an office of national security commissioner in HK and this office and “designated national departments” can have jurisdiction over “some extremely rare” cases.
Comparing duties of Beijing’s NatSecCom in HK and HK’s own NatSecCom, the former can “supervise and instruct” the latter; the former can collect intelligence and the former can handle cases, while the latter doesn’t have these two duties.
There are at least 4 offences in the new law - secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces.
But Beijing did not tell many specifics of them today.
But Beijing did not tell many specifics of them today.
Last but not least, the new law stipulates that when discrepancies rise between HK’s laws and this law, HK should follow this law.
