Final debates begin in Hong Kong's largest security trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : But the government said the law was needed to crack down on major crimes such as collusion and secession after Hong Kong saw massive -- and at times violent -- pro-democracy demonstrations in 2019.
45% : The defence earlier argued that the activists were only planning to exercise legislators' constitutional powers and did not believe they would break the law. - 'Troubled' - The group of 47 were first charged in March 2021.
42% : Critics say the law undermined civil liberties that were meant to be enshrined under a 1997 agreement to hand the former British colony back to China.

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