My Authors
Read all threads
In this thread, I'll explain the 4 categories of offences under the new national security law, just gazetted into law in Hong Kong: secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces.
(1) Secession: Anyone attempting to separate HK from China, or to illegally change the legal status of HK, or to transfer HK to a foreign country's admin, faces a maximum of life imprisonment, if considered "masterminds". Those who "actively" participate face 3-10 yrs in jail
(2) Subversion: Anyone seeking to "overthrow or disrupt" PRC's "foundational system" (i.e. one-party rule), PRC's regime or HK's regime, faces a max of life imprisonment. Again, active participants face 3-10 yrs behind bars
(3) Terrorism: defined as (i) serious bodily violence, (ii) explosion, arson, dispersal of toxic, radioactive, infectious diseases (iii) disruption of public transport (iv) interference with utilities and (v) seriously endangering public health ...
Terrorism cont'd: Max sentence life imprisonment and confiscation of property. Promotion of terrorism punishable by 5-10yrs in prison
(4) Collusion with foreign forces: defined as steal, collect, or buy state secrets or intelligence related to national security; pleading with foreign countries/ non-Chinese organisations/people to (i) wage war against PRC / (ii) seriously interfere w/ HK's policymaking ....
(iii) manipulate/disrupt election results in HK / (iv) impose sanctions against HK/China / (v) fuel hatred among HK people against PRC/HK govts thru illegal means. All of the above: life imprisonment max
Now I'm wondering if the above tweets amount to fueling anyone's hatred against any governments. Scared.
Ending note: While negotiating for Britain’s return of the then colony to China, paramount leader Deng Xiaoping made the solemn promise of 50 years’ no change to the oriental jewel, with all aspects of life to remain intact. Here we are: 23 years on from handover, 1st July 2020.
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh.

Keep Current with Stuart Lau

Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!