HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's chief executive on Friday said she has been given a list of steps to

China's Hong Kong policy head calls for wider security clampdown

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2021-07-16 21:30:39

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's chief executive on Friday said she has been given a list of steps to "deepen" implementation of Beijing's national security law, including instructions to take a firmer hand with schools, the media and online activity.

Carrie Lam briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting during which she said Xia Baolong, the head of the Chinese State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, delivered directives from Beijing via videoconference.

No media except for Chinese state outlets were allowed to enter the venue at the five-star Conrad Hotel, which was under tight security. The meeting was so closely guarded that the local government press office told Nikkei Asia on Thursday that they had no details of it and did not organize it, even though Lam and other high-ranking officials were due to attend.

Afterward, Lam recounted the five demands Xia made to the Hong Kong government, related to the national security law Beijing imposed in June 2020.