Hong Kong Mulls Whether Beijing Should Handle Collusion Case

Hong Kong’s security chief said the city is working with Beijing to determine whether the mainland should take control of a suspected case of foreign collusion, a move that would expand China’s influence on national security-related cases in the financial hub.

Hong Kong authorities are investigating whether to invoke Article 55 of the city’s national security law, said Secretary for Security Chris Tang on a Commercial Radio program on Saturday. Article 55 outlines the circumstances under which Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security can exercise jurisdiction over Hong Kong’s national security cases.