Hong Kong authorities threw a security blanket across the city early on Wednesday
, the 23rd anniversary of the former British colony’s handover to Chinese rule, hours after new national security legislation took effect in the financial hub.
The contentious law will punish crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison, heralding a more authoritarian era for China’s freest city.At the protest on Wednesday, Avery Ng secretary General of League of Social Democrats said, “probably in the future we may never see a million people on the street again, not because we are satisfied with the government but because we are now living in fear.
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