Hong Kong’s government has expanded police surveillance and enforcement powers using Beijing’s sweeping new national security law. | AFP
The guidelines specifically stated this would apply if it “would not be practicable to obtain” a warrant. The rules also apply to searches of vehicles or electronic devices.Police now have the power to remove online content — a move that embeds unprecedented control over the internet in a city outside of China’s “Great Firewall”.
They can also apply for a warrant ordering people and businesses to hand over a message’s identification record or help decrypt messages. The city’s security chief can also freeze any assets deemed to be related to an offence against national security, and the justice chief can apply to the courts to order the property’s confiscation.The city’s police chief can — with the security minister’s approval — compel political groups or agents from abroad, including Taiwan, to hand over certain information.
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