Hong Kong security law: Beijing security office opens in Hong Kong - BBC News

A new national security office has been officially opened in Hong Kong, placing mainland Chinese agents in the heart of the territory for the first time.

The temporary base of the new office is a hotel in Causeway Bay, the commercial district next to Victoria Park, which had long been the focal point of pro-democracy protest marches and rallies in Hong Kong

Luo Huining, head of the existing Hong Kong-Beijing liaison office, said the office would be "the envoy for Hong Kong's safety and is also the gatekeeper of national security"

Several prominent figures from the anti-Beijing protest movement have left Hong Kong or closed their social media accounts in the wake of the law

Several social media companies have said they will stop co-operating with the Hong Kong police on requests for user data over concerns about how it will be used, while TikTok has said it is pulling out of Hong Kong entirely

Pro-democracy books pulled from Hong Kong libraries