Hong Kong rules out legislation criminalising insults to civil servants

Hong Kong rules out legislation criminalising insults to civil servants

[South China Morning Post] - 02/6/2025

Civil Service Bureau informs lawmakers that laws already cover offence and new legislation would involve ‘considerable challenges’.



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