Chief Executive Carrie Lam and senior officials traveled to Beijing to present Hong Kong's personal views and public opinion on the security bill.

Hong Kong authorities yesterday announced that Chief Executive Carrie Lam, along with Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, judicial leader, security agency leader John Lee Ka-chiu and Police Chief Chris Tang Ping-keung would

Security chief John Lee Ka-chiu said he would tell Beijing that there was both public support and opposition in Hong Kong over the bill, and clarify how law enforcement agencies would

A mainland source familiar with Hong Kong issues said that Beijing had in fact arranged Ms. Lam's visit shortly after the National People's Congress (NPC) closed on May 28.

According to the second source, most of the security laws have been drafted and a new agency can be established in Hong Kong that will have the right and the tools to deal with "all security threats", despite the police.

A source close to the Hong Kong government said that it is likely that the NPC Standing Committee, which is tasked with formulating security laws, will finalize the bill at a meeting later this month.

The announcement of Lam's trip came after Hong Kong Legislative Council Chairman Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, in a letter to all MPs on Friday night, banned Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-

The NPC on May 28 voted to adopt a resolution to build Hong Kong security laws, which prohibits separatist acts, activities, subversion, terrorism, foreign interference in Hong Kong and may allow institutions

Officials in many countries have expressed concern about Hong Kong's security laws, warning of the danger of undermining the principle of "one country, two regimes".