Hong Kong’s Lam Defends Security Law After Asserting New Powers
- Police rules allow warrant-less searches, online surveillance
- Carrie Lam seeks reassure powers will be stringently enforced
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defended national security legislation imposed on the city by China last week, hours after her government asserted broad new police powers, including warrant-less searches, online surveillance and property seizures.
“This law will be enforced very stringently and people’s concerns will be eased,” Lam said Tuesday at a regular briefing before a meeting of her advisory Executive Council. “You will see that people will not regularly fall afoul of the law.”