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Hong Kong law retroactively applies national security procedures

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Hong Kong has enacted new legislation that allows national security procedures to be applied retroactively to older cases. This new law, effective Tuesday, introduces a classification mechanism for offenses endangering national security. Cases certified by the chief executive, even those predating the 2020 national security law, will now be subject to stricter procedures like longer detention and tougher bail conditions. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthew Cheng ·

    New Hong Kong law allows national security procedures to extend to older cases

    Hong Kong’s new legislation enables certain criminal cases to be retroactively brought under national security procedures even if the alleged offences occurred before the 2020 national security law was enacted. The subsidiary legislation, which introduces a classification mechani…

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