Why Hong Kong?

In the Edward Snowden saga a year ago, the American was able to enter Hong Kong conveniently and leave the territory of his own accord within his granted period of stay. The police couldn’t arrest him since he didn’t commit any crime locally, and most importantly, there is no legislation in Hong Kong that defines espionage as a crime.

www.ejinsight.com/20140721-hong-kong-espionage-edward-snowden-spy-war/