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Hong Kong's national security law made it incredibly risky to express anything that could be construed as against the government

1 month ago

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Hong Kong's national security law made it incredibly risky to express anything that could be construed as against the government

1 month ago
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Duration 1:31

When China passed a national security law for Hong Kong in 2020, it gave the government power to arrest any permanent and non-permanent residents of Hong Kong for crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces. And the sentence could be up to life in prison. Watch Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law? now on CBC Gem and the CBC Docs YouTube channel.

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