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And then, just like in UK now, as Blue Knight says above: “anti terrorism (anti-subversion) Officers were involved [because] they have the expertise when it comes to searching for notes, emails, phone messages and coded messages.”
Damien Green is not above the law shock! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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One day, hyper-speed software will be able to match those millions upon millions of facial or retinal scans to photos of suspect subversives inside a biometric data base akin to England's current National Public Order Intelligence Unit, sending anti-subversion SWAT teams scrambling for an arrest or an armed assault.
Alfred W. McCoy: How America's Wars Are Systematically Destroying Our Liberties 2009
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July 2003: Anti-Subversion-Law Backlash: Tung's attempt to pass an anti-subversion bill backed by Beijing prompts massive street protests.
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Next came his ham-fisted attempt to pass an anti-subversion bill clearly drafted to please Beijing, which brought a half-million protesters into the streets.
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But the reduced defense budget will hamper the military's ability to wipe out the rebels once and for all, and the deployment of special anti-subversion police units in the Apurimac valley last year has failed to calm the nerves of area residents.
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Among his failures: a killer SARS epidemic exacerbated by official bungling; a proposed anti-subversion law that brought more than half a million angry protesters into the streets before it was withdrawn; cozy deals with the city's richest families that infuriated average citizens.
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Mrs. Chan's victory was, in part, a censure against Mrs. Ip, who is notorious for her role in pushing an anti-subversion law in 2003.
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In July 2003, Beijing tried to effect passage of an "anti-subversion" law in Hong Kong, which produced the largest demonstrations in the city's history and created strong anti-Beijing political sentiment in a territory that was always apolitical.
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They had been detained on a confused succession of charges under anti-subversion legislation.
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In 2003, half a million people took to the streets over proposed anti-subversion legislation that helped force the eventual resignation of the city's first chief executive.
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