Thread by @XinqiSu

#CarrieLam: Government announcements about the first meeting of national security committee ystd were exceptional. Future work of NSC won't be disclosed to the public according to #NSL.

#CarrieLam: In the past week, I can't see the so-called "lots of fear". If there is some, it's some people creating white terror and some people who did something out of worries of being incriminated.

#CarrieLam said it's a "misunderstanding" "imagination and exaggeration" to say she knew nothing about the law before #NSL was passed in Beijing. She said the mistake came from the Eng question she took from @sumlokkei on June 23...

...according to the gov's own transcript. @sumlokkei asked "why should people take your comments and your ministers' comments about the national security law seriously if you guys have not read details in the clauses". #CarrieLam answered "yes, you are right, we have not seen ...

...the complete details of the proposed legislation". Today #CarrieLam emphasized that she meant she didn't see "the whole bill" so she was not kept in the dark. "This imagination and exaggeration are really eye-opening," she said.

If #CarrieLam's "I didn't see the whole bill but I was not kept in the dark" is not mind boggling enough, she also said the 116-page implementation rules passed by NSC last night were "not expanding police powers" because article 43 of #NSL has ...

...authorize HK police to wield 7 types of powers on top of their existing ones. "If we did not draft up those implementation rules, those powers are almost absolute. We rolled out the rules becos we must try out best to protect and respect human rights."

Asked by @tomgrundy if she can give an "100% guarantee" for press freedom under #NSL particularly when police are authorised to search phones and premises without court warrant, #CarrieLam said "If @fcchk or all reporters in HK can give me a 100% guarantee...

...that they will not committ any offences under this legislation then i will do the same. It not a question of me standing here to give you a guarantee of what you may or may not do in the days and weeks and years ahead."