Joshua Wong 黃之鋒  😷Verified account

2/ Also, attending interviews on international media to raise global awareness on our vanishing liberty. Without doubt, Beijing’s move further cut off HK’s ties with the world & punish all those who urge Beijing to uphold the city’s freedoms to the international standards.

3/ However, the law still has far-flung impacts since the scope often covers journalists, booksellers, academics and businessmen when China uses the same charge in Mainland China. For example, journalist Gao Yu was accused of colluding with foreign forces.

4/ Just because after she sent a CCP’s policy paper "Document Number Nine” that has already been widely shared online. Besides, the bookseller Gui Minhai was sentenced to 10-year jail on the same offence after he sold book critical of CCP’s leadership.

5/ Beijing also suppressed the #MeToo movement in China by threatening to charge organizers of colluding with foreign forces. Under the ill-defined law, secret trial and notorious black jail, the law still has grave impacts on civil society and business communities.

6/ More importantly, the penalty under the new offence is heavier since detainees may face life imprisonment or even #death penalty. According to Chinese lawyers, national security cases have higher conviction rates.

7/ Hence, the new offence is a new weapon to frame and silence dissidents, especially in this global city with more international connections and ex-pats. To safeguard the vibrancy of civil society, @demosisto will insist on bringing the truth to the world.