Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/28/2020
By: Yeh Su-ping, Lai Yen-hsi, Chen Chun-hua and Chiang Yi-ching

Taipei, May 28 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Thursday that a national security law approved by China earlier in the day would undermine freedom and rule of law in Hong Kong and that her administration was planning how best to assist asylum seekers from the special administrative region.

The "draft decision" on establishing a national security law in Hong Kong was passed in China's National People's Congress (NPC) Thursday in a 2,878-1 vote, with 6 abstentions.

Now that the proposed law has been approved, the NPC's Standing Committee will draft the legislation, which will then be included in Hong Kong's de facto Constitution, the Basic Law, entirely bypassing Hong Kong's legislature.

When the law is enacted, it will prohibit acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and conspiring with foreign influences in Hong Kong, and allow Beijing's security forces to operate in the region.    [FULL  STYORY]