Withholding phone passwords punishable under tightened national security rules

Refusing to provide access to an electronic device during a national security invesitgation has been made a crime in Hong Kong under changes that also toughened penalties for existing offences. The government gazetted its amendments to the implementation rules of the national security law on Monday, nearly six years after Beijing imposed the legislation on the city. They are the second changes since the law’s introduction after a technical amendment in 2023. A spokesman said the revised rules...