Controversial Covert Surveillance Law Passes
From Times Wire Reports
Hong Kong lawmakers passed a contentious law on covert surveillance early today that rights activists and pro-democracy politicians fear could erode privacy rights and allow the government to spy for political purposes. The law will regulate how law enforcement agencies in the former British colony now ruled by China monitor private communications by tapping telephones or screening e-mails.
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