- New rules allowing officers to demand information from political groups in Taiwan and elsewhere slammed by Taipei
- Its Mainland Affairs Council says legislation will sabotage Taiwan’s relations with city
South China Morning Post
Date: 7 Jul, 2020
By: Lawrence Chung and Kimmy Chung
Taipei has condemned new regulations under the Hong Kong national security law empowering its police to demand information from groups outside its jurisdiction as a violation of Taiwanese freedoms which will sabotage relations with the city.
As some Taiwan and overseas political groups made clear they would snub any attempts from Hong Kong police to get them to provide details about organisations operating in the city, legal experts said it was unrealistic the force would be able to extend its reach and enforce such demands in other parts of the world.
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The self-ruled island’s Mainland Affairs Council on Tuesday slammed the Hong Kong government over the implementation rules it introduced under the national security legislation, which Beijing imposed on the city on June 30 targeting acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security.
The regulations grant Hong Kong police sweeping powers and allows the city’s security chief to order political groups in Taiwan and elsewhere to provide information on the activities, personal details, assets, income and spending of an organisation in Hong Kong “in a prescribed manner within the specified period”. [FULL STORY]