John Lee vows ‘prudent’ use of power to define national security offences

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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu committed to a prudent and serious approach in defining national security offences under upcoming legislation, emphasizing involvement of state players and sensitive information. He addressed public concerns about power centralization amid new subsidiary legislation introducing a classification mechanism for offences endangering national security.

Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to exercise prudence and seriousness when defining national security offences under newly proposed legislation, dismissing concerns about a centralisation of power and stressing that the process often involves “state players” and highly sensitive information. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also said on Tuesday that the subsidiary legislation, which introduces a classification mechanism for “other offences endangering national security” under the city’s domestic...