Hong Kong National Security Hotline Sees 1,000 Tips on Day One
- Tips pour in after launch, SCMP reports, citing police
- Citizens asked to send in information, photos, video clips
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Hong Kong’s new hotline for residents to report violations of controversial national security legislation received 1,000 tips hours after launching, the South China Morning Post reported, citing a police spokesman.
The tip line was announced Thursday by the Hong Kong Police Force’s National Security Department, a unit set up after the June enactment of the law criminalizing subversion, secession, collusion with foreign powers and terrorism. The line was aimed at “facilitating members of the public to provide or report national security related information,” including photos, audio and video clips, the police said in a statement.