Beijing transfers official from Macau liaison office to Hong Kong to oversee coordination between security agencies, sources say

Luo Yonggang ‘will be the key man assisting liaison office director Luo Huining on security-related work’, Beijing-based source says

Job will entail coordinating between local security forces, Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security and the People’s Liberation Army

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Beijing has transferred an official from its outpost in Macau to its liaison office in Hong Kong (pictured) to oversee security matters. Photo: Dickson Lee

Published: 6:42pm, 21 Jul 2021Updated: 11:34pm, 21 Jul 2021

Beijing has transferred a senior official from its liaison office in Macau to its outpost in Hong Kong to boost coordination between the various security agencies based in the city, sources have said.

One source with knowledge of the matter said Luo Yonggang, formerly the deputy director of Beijing’s office in Macau, had been given the same title in Hong Kong and placed “mainly in charge of security liaison and coordination”.

“He arrived in Hong Kong on Tuesday. He will be the key man assisting liaison office director Luo Huining on security-related work going forward,” the Beijing-based source said.

“He will be coordinating with the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the central government in Hong Kong, various security forces and communicating with the People’s Liberation Army’s barracks in the city.”

Incoming liaison office deputy director Luo Yonggang is expected to help coordinate between Hong Kong-based security agencies. Photo: Weibo

A second source based in Macau said Luo Yonggang would take over the portfolio of 61-year-old Yang Jianping, who had reached retirement age.

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