Article 23 Legislation | Australia Updates Hong Kong Travel Advice, Says Visitors May Unintentionally Break the Law; Hong Kong Government Condemns It as Fearmongering
23條立法｜澳洲更新對香港旅遊提示 指旅客或無意中犯法 港府譴責：危言聳聽、散播恐懼
As the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (Article 23) is to be gazetted tomorrow (23 March), the Australian government updated its travel advice today (22 March), saying Hong Kong’s strict national security laws could be broadly interpreted, visitors might “break the law without intending to”, and could be detained without being charged and denied access to a lawyer. It continued to advise those travelling to Hong Kong to “exercise a high degree of caution”. The Hong Kong government issued a statement tonight strongly condemning what it called the smearing and vilification of Article 23 under the guise of a so-called travel advisory, criticising it as “political manipulation that spreads fear through false and distorted facts and alarmist statements”.
因應《維護國家安全條例》（23條）將於明天（23日）刊憲，澳洲政府今天（22日）更新旅遊提示，表示香港嚴格的國安法律可被廣泛詮釋，旅客可能會在「沒有意圖下犯法」，並在未受到起訴的情況下被拘留，及被拒絕會見律師，繼續建議到港旅遊者「保持高度謹慎」。港府今晚發聲明強烈假借所謂外遊提示對23條「誣衊抹黑」，批評是以「虛假、歪曲事實及危言聳聽言論散播恐懼的政治操弄」。