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New security law will tighten Beijing’s grip on Hong Kong

A draft legislation on national security tabled before China's Parliament on Friday will for the first time allow Beijing to draft national security laws for Hong Kong and also operate its national security organs in the Special Administrative Region (SAR). The new legislation said the move is aimed at "preserving national security" and called on Hong Kong "to employ necessary measures to counter, lawfully prevent, stop and punish foreign and overseas forces' use of Hong Kong to carry out separatist, subversive, infiltrative, or destructive activities."