Police recommended in July that the Hong Kong National Party be outlawed for posing an ‘imminent threat to national security’. Photo: EPA Police recommended in July that the Hong Kong National Party be outlawed for posing an ‘imminent threat to national security’. Photo: EPA
Police recommended in July that the Hong Kong National Party be outlawed for posing an ‘imminent threat to national security’. Photo: EPA
Hong Kong /  Politics

Ban on Hong Kong National Party over ‘armed revolution’ call met with both cheers and fear

The United States, Britain and European Union decry unprecedented decision to outlaw party, while Beijing and pro-establishment lawmakers in Hong Kong say move sends strong message not to test limits of the law

Topic |   Hong Kong localism and independence
Tony CheungJeffie Lam
Tony Cheung  and Jeffie Lam

Updated: 1:23pm, 3 Oct, 2018

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Police recommended in July that the Hong Kong National Party be outlawed for posing an ‘imminent threat to national security’. Photo: EPA Police recommended in July that the Hong Kong National Party be outlawed for posing an ‘imminent threat to national security’. Photo: EPA
Police recommended in July that the Hong Kong National Party be outlawed for posing an ‘imminent threat to national security’. Photo: EPA
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