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https://scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3091435/national-security-law-will-hong-kong-residents-find
Hong Kong/ Politics

National security law: will Hong Kong residents find themselves in hot water by chanting separatist slogans?

  • A police source says anyone uttering such slogans could be arrested
  • Justice minister Teresa Cheng does not give a straight answer when asked whether chanting ‘Hong Kong independence’ is prohibited
Anti-government protesters wave Hong Kong independence flags in Causeway Bay on Wednesday. Photo: Winson Wong

Hong Kong’s justice minister has stopped short of saying whether separatist slogans are outlawed under the new national security law after demonstrators continued to utter pro-independence chants during an unauthorised July 1 protest.

China’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, passed the law on Tuesday morning and it was gazetted in Hong Kong at 11pm. The law punishes acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign and external forces. Residents can fall foul of the first two crimes regardless of whether force is used.