Pro-Beijing lawmakers fast-tracked the legislation, with tough punishment for acts considered 'external interference,' insurrection and other offenses.
Hong Kong lawmakers have passed new national security legislation that carries severe punishment for a broad range of offenses, including life imprisonment for acts deemed to be insurrection.will toughen up the already stringent national security law Beijing implemented in 2020 following major pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong the prior year.
Pro-Beijing lawmakers have argued the legislation is needed to fill loopholes left by the sweeping 2020 national security law.
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