No mention of Hong Kong security law as China closes meeting

The body that handles most lawmaking for China’s top legislative body closed its latest meeting Saturday with no word on whether it had passed a highly controversial national security law for Hong Kong. The bill — which has been strongly criticized as undermining the semi-autonomous territory’s legal and political institutions — was raised for discussion at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress but there was no further word on its fate, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. Tam Yiu-chung, Hong Kong’s sole delegate on the Standing Committee, told Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK that the law was reviewed but no vote had been taken, and that it wasn’t clear when it would be further vetted.