Hong Kong Security Vote ‘Likely’ as Poll Shows Strong Local Opposition

China’s top legislative body will probably vote on a sweeping Hong Kong security law at its meeting starting Sunday, a senior official said, even as a new poll showed more than half of local residents oppose the legislation.

The National People’s Congress Standing Committee was “very likely” to pass the legislation before the scheduled conclusion of its session Tuesday, Maria Tam, the vice chairwoman of a committee responsible for Hong Kong law, told Radio Television Hong Kong. While the measure wasn’t yet on the NPC Standing Committee’s agenda, the body took up a similar discussion at the last minute last week.