Another security law proposed as academic exodus continues
Yojana Sharma | 07 February 2024 | University World News
A new local security law proposed by the Hong Kong government specifically under the city’s legal system outlines seven national security offences and also adds new ‘state secrets’ prohibiting disclosure of economic and social information or technology and science deemed to be of importance to the security of Hong Kong or China. Academics fear the new law could constrain research.
Academics said such specific references unveiled in the proposed law last week could dramatically affect the way research is conducted in these fields, including international research collaboration under a new crime of ‘foreign interference’ in Hong Kong and national (China) affairs, for fear of falling foul of possible national security rules.