Per the SCMP: "Beijing's new national.....>

HONG KONG: Per the SCMP: "Beijing's new national security law will be

incorporated into Hong Kong's legal system with built-in protections for

offenders, who will not be sent across the border to mainland China to face

trial, according to a senior legal source. Principles such as presumption of

innocence and proof beyond reasonable doubt to validate a criminal conviction

would be followed in related trials, the source told the Post on Wednesday. The

reassurance came a day before the National People's Congress was expected to

endorse a resolution to delegate its Standing Committee, China's top legislative

body, to craft the tailor-made legislation that would outlaw acts and activities

of secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in Hong Kong.

"Offenders under the new law will face open trials in Hong Kong after the law is

passed. They won't be sent across the border to the mainland for trial," the

source said. In mainland China, some national security trials have been heard

behind closed doors because of political sensitivity."