China to Allow State-Security Agents to Police Hong Kong

Re:China to Allow State-Security Agents to Police Hong Kong by mc32 on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:31AM (#23272494)

Well the health related lockdown means they can enact unpopular legislation or make unpopular moves and the opposition is cornered. They can’t protest and risk health, giving authorities a proximate reason to crack down even harder in the name of health... so nice opportune time .

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Re:China to Allow State-Security Agents to Police Hong Kong by elliekelly on Friday May 22, 2020 @11:08AM (#23272900)

I remember seeing many protesters in Hong Kong with gas masks to protect their identities and themselves from the police counter-protest measures. Is a virus too small to be filtered out by a gas mask?

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Re:China to Allow State-Security Agents to Police Hong Kong by 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:43AM (#23272629)

Unfortunately I see a lot of parallels here, such as declassifying a lot of embarrassing information knowing it will get covered up by covid news.

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Re:China to Allow State-Security Agents to Police Hong Kong by mc32 on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:45AM (#23272652)

Declassifying government shenanigans isn’t in the same league as crushing a dissent movement knowing they cannot protest.

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