Hong Kong vigilance urged against terror

The security chief of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said the city should remain on high alert to address lurking and emergent national security threats, and should take decisive actions to prevent homegrown terrorism and cyberattacks and counter the influence of external hostile forces.

Hong Kong Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said national security threats in Hong Kong were still grave.

Noting that local terrorism is of high concern, Tang said, “We have to be vigilant, and there is no room for complacency.”

Homegrown terrorism threats, which have emerged since the protest violence that devastated Hong Kong in 2019, have lingered and can be in the form of a lone-wolf attack or a local terrorism group, he said.