With the enactment of the National Security Ordinance in Hong Kong to control acts that threaten national security, the rules regarding commutation of prisoners' sentences have also been changed, and prison management has determined that there is no risk to national security. As a result, men who were actually serving time were not allowed to have their sentences reduced.
In Hong Kong, sentences have been shortened for inmates who have shown good behavior in prison, but at the same time as the National Security Ordinance came into effect on the 23rd of this month, prison regulations were also amended. 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.''
According to Hong Kong media, as a result of this change, the rules were revised for the first time on the 25th for a man who is serving a sentence for violating Hong Kong's national security law for calling for Hong Kong's independence and inciting national division four years ago. This means that the sentence was not reduced.
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. We must not expect a reduction in sentence.'' We once again demonstrated our commitment to doing so.