Chinese and Hong Kong officials vowed the new national security law only would target a small minority. Instead, authorities are rounding up Hong Kongers at all levels of the civil society and education sectors, censoring textbooks and raiding newsrooms.
newspaper Monday after arresting the paper's publisher, Jimmy Lai.Just over a month after Beijing imposed a national security law in Hong Kong, authorities are targeting in rapid succession figures at all levels of Hong Kong's civil society and education sectors, despite assurances from Beijing officials and Hong Kong's top leader that the law would only be used to target a small minority of people.
Under the new law, Chu and five others who live abroad are wanted on charges of secession and colluding with foreign powers — because the law applies to anyone, anywhere who commits offenses against Hong Kong."We are advocating and working with influencing our own government's policy towards Hong Kong and China," he said."And so we have nothing to be afraid of. In fact, it's one of the most basic rights that I have as an American.
"We will not be allowed to teach about civil disobedience [in the fall semester], but we are expected to teach about the national security law," said one secondary school teacher, whose principal put her under investigation after parents alleged that she described Hong Kong police as"riot police" to students in an online lecture. She was cleared after providing a video recording of the lecture, but she asked to remain anonymous because she still fears for her job.
"There is a sense of terror among teachers," says Fung Wai Wah, president of the teachers union, who is tracking the cases.
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