prolly already posted but another renege, looks like Hong Kong fait will soon be realized with CCP pressing hand.

China’s Rubber-Stamp Legislature Approves Security Bill as Hong Kong Worries for Ominous Future

May 28, 2020

This article has been updated.

China’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People Congress (NPC), has passed a draft resolution on a so-called “national security” law for Hong Kong, amid international criticism about how the Communist Party’s proposal would destroy the former British colony’s autonomy and its people’s basic freedoms.

The draft resolution was approved with a vote of 2,878 in favor, one against, and 6 abstentions. The approval now paves the way for NPC’s standing committee to draft details of the legislation before it is added to Annex III of Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law.

By adding it to Annex III, Hong Kong’s legislature will not have a chance to scrutinize the legislation. Instead, Hong Kong’s chief executive can issue a legal notice in the Government Gazette, paving the way for the law to be applied verbatim.

The law would ban acts and activities in connection to secession, subversion, and terrorism, as well as activities related to foreign interference. Moreover, Beijing’s security agencies would be allowed to set up operations in Hong Kong…..

https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinas-rubber-stamp-legislature-approves-hong-kong-security-bill-amid-mass-protests_3367760.html?__sta=vhg.uosvpxlolbdfbsv%7CUVH&__stm_medium=email&__stm_source=smartech