Hong Kong new security law not affected by foreign objections, justice minister says
Foreign objections have not affected Hong Kong’s new domestic security legislation, justice minister Paul Lam has said, as a lawmaker questioned whether the top US diplomat in the city had endangered national security by criticising the law. Addressing lawmakers in a panel on the new national security legislation – known locally as Article 23 – on Thursday, Lam said criticism by some Western governments of the security legislation amounted to interference in Hong Kong’s internal affairs and had breached international law. Article 23 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, requires the...