Hong Kong rules changed due to enforcement of National Security Ordinance; sentence not commuted for man serving prison sentence. In Hong Kong, sentences have been shortened for inmates who have shown good behavior in prison.

For prisoners who have jeopardized safety, the condition for commuting their sentences is that the prison administrator determines that there is no risk to national security. Hong Kong's top government official, Li Jiachao, told reporters on the 26th, ''It is serious to endanger national security, and we must not try to break the law''