Hong Kong’s leader says critics of controversial China security law are ‘enemies of the people’


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Carrie Lam has again sought to downplay concerns about China's proposed national security laws. Updated Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has warned opponents of Beijing's plan to impose national security legislation in the financial hub to stop "smearing" the effort, saying those who did were "the enemy of the people". Beijing last month announced a plan to introduce legislation in Hong Kong to tackle secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference and which could see Chinese security agencies set up bases in the city. Critics see the law as the most serious threat to a...