China calls for tough security laws to end Hong Kong turmoil 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseBEIJING – China has said the lack of tough security laws in Hong Kong is a key reason for months of increasingly violent pro-democracy demonstrations and that the enactment of such legislation is an “urgent task”. The call — likely to further inflame protesters angry with a police response seen as heavy-handed — came in a lengthy statement issued late Saturday by the head of the Chinese government department that oversees Hong Kong. Efforts by Hong Kong’s Beijing-controlled government to introduce tough security laws in 2003 caused major protests before being shelved. Hong Kong holds district council elections on November 24, with the pro-Beijing camp bracing for heavy defeats.

Source: Manila Bulletin November 10, 2019 07:39 UTC