Review of security law for HK gets underway

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the nation's top legislature, started to review the draft law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Thursday.

The draft specifies four types of criminal acts and stipulates relevant criminal responsibilities. The four types of crimes are secession, subversion of State power, terrorist activity and collusion with foreign forces that endanger national security.

The draft was submitted for deliberation to the 19th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th NPC, which opened on Thursday.