"The law does not affect the legitimate rights of Hong Kong residents to exercise freedom of speech," the spokesman said.
The spokesman stressed that as a highly international city, Hong Kong has frequent exchanges and close liaison with other countries, regions and relevant international organisations, and such normal exchanges are protected by the Basic Law and the laws of the HKSAR.
"What the national security law regulates is the use of Hong Kong by foreign countries or external elements to carry out activities of secession, subversion, infiltration and sabotage, which is obviously different from normal exchange activities. Given that the law has provided a clear definition of the offence of collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security, the general public will not breach the law inadvertently, and the legitimate rights and freedoms enjoyed by the residents will also not be affected," the spokesman added.
"Nevertheless, we will seriously handle, in accordance with the law, such illegal acts where collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security are genuinely involved," the spokesman said.
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