Hong Kong has introduced a new national security bill proposing severe punishments like life imprisonment for offenses such as treason and insurrection, expanding the government\'s power to suppress challenges to its rule. The legislation aims to target espionage, external interference, and protection of state secrets, with stiffer penalties for sedition. Critics fear the law will make Hong Kong\'s legal framework more like mainland China\'s, impacting civil liberties promised for 50 years since the handover in 1997. The bill, expected to pass swiftly in a legislature dominated by Beijing loyalists, follows protests and crackdowns on dissenters.
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