Hong Kong not becoming 'police state', says city's top cop
The Hindu
Speaking to local outlet HK01 about beefed-up security activity around the event, commissioner Raymond Siu Chak-yee rejected criticism that the police were becoming too powerful
Hong Kong is not becoming a "police state", the city's top law enforcement officer said Tuesday, days after his officers stamped out the city's once-permitted commemorations marking Beijing's deadly Tiananmen crackdown.
The Chinese business hub is preparing for an upcoming leadership change as well as the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain, for which President Xi Jinping is widely expected to visit.
Speaking to local outlet HK01 about beefed-up security activity around the event, commissioner Raymond Siu Chak-yee rejected criticism that the police were becoming too powerful.
"A police state is where the government forcibly controls various aspects of people's life with administrative measures and without going through legal procedures. Do people think Hong Kong is like that?" the commissioner said.
"Hong Kong is a society of rule of law, not a police state."
His comments come after police arrested six people on Saturday as authorities pounced on any attempt to publicly remember China's 1989 crackdown on peaceful protesters.
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