China's secretive spy agency, known for kidnapping and torturing dissidents, could operate openly in Hong Kong under new national security laws

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• China's secretive Ministry of State Security could establish a more official presence in Hong Kong if new national security laws are passed.
• Last month, China voted to move forward with new national security legislation for Hong Kong in a major blow to the city's autonomy.
• While China has not yet released the full details of the proposal, a previous draft said that "national security organs of the Central People's Government" would be allowed to set up in Hong Kong "when needed."
• According to Axios, in a worst-case scenario, the new law could allow Chinese agents to grab people in Hong Kong and send them to the mainland for interrogation or imprisonment.
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China's secretive state security agency, which is known to monitor and detain those deemed a threat to the Chinese state, could operate more overtly in Hong Kong if new national security laws are passed.

The new legislation that China is unilaterally pushing on Hong Kong may give way for the Ministry of State Security to establish an official presence in the city, Axios reported.

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