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Hong Kong will set up a “national security agency” – headed by the Chief Executive and supervised by the central government – to oversee the forthcoming new national security law, state media said on Saturday.
The new law also would override any existing Hong Kong laws that may conflict with it once it is implemented, Xinhua news agency said in a report detailing the draft legislation.
The report followed the conclusion of a meeting in Beijing of China’s top law-making committee that reviewed draft provisions.
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