After China's security law, Hong Kongers hit panic button; Big spike in immigration inquiries May 31, 2020 at 03:50AM

The new law under which China can establish the presence of its security forces in Hong Kong for the first-time evoked strong protests from thousands of local people. The protests were expected to be intensified in the coming weeks. China says the new law is aimed at throttling secession, subversion, terrorism, foreign interference or activities that threaten national security.