Office for Safeguarding National Security

中華人民共和國 中央人民政府駐香港特別行政區 維護國家安全公署
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Agency overview
Formed	1 July 2020 (2020-07-01)
Type	Deputy-ministerial level agency
Jurisdiction	Central People's Government (State Council)
Headquarters	Metropark Hotel, 148 Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (Temporary)[1] Island Pacific Hotel, 152 Connaught Road West, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong (Temporary) 15 Hoi Fan Road, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Permanent, Planning)
Agency executives	Dong Jingwei, Director Li Jiangzhou, Deputy Sun Qingye, Deputy
Parent department	Central National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party
Parent organization	State Council of the People's Republic of China Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Website	osns.gov.cn

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TheOffice for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (OSNS^[2]) is the Chinese central government's national security office in Hong Kong.^[3] The office was established in July 2020 by theHong Kong national security law.^[4]

The office is headed by directorDong Jingwei^[5] and is entirely staffed by mainland officials.^[6] The office is a part of, and funded by, theCentral People's Government (State Council) of China^[7] and is not subject toHong Kong jurisdiction.^[4][8] It is officially under the list of agencies that are dispatched by theCentral Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[9]

The OSNS was established on 1 July 2020, as a result of the promulgation of theHong Kong national security law. The law was, in contrast with the regular legislative process of the region, not passed by the localLegislative Council, but by theStanding Committee of the National People's Congress in Beijing. On 3 July 2020, theState Council appointedZheng Yanxiong as director of the organisation,^[10] andLi Jiangzhou andSun Qingye as deputy heads.^[11]

The first Office director, Zheng Yanxiong, was sanctioned by theUnited States Treasury in August 2020 pursuant to the Normalization Executive Order (Executive Order 13936). The order, which had been issued by US PresidentDonald Trump on 14 July, had been a response to the imposition of the national security law.^[12][13] Deputy director Li Jiangzhou was sanctioned by the US on 9 November.^[14] Deputy director Sun Qingye was sanctioned by the US on 15 January 2021.^[15]

Following the arrest of 53 pro-democracy figures in January 2021, the Office expressed support for the operation and singled outBenny Tai.^{[16][clarification needed]}

In February 2021, Zheng Zehui and Deng Jianwei were added to the office as bureau chiefs.^[17] In July 2023,Dong Jingwei was appointed to head the OSNS.^[5]

On 7 July 2020, the location of the OSNS temporary headquarters was announced. The Office, together with its employees' living quarters, is located in theMetropark Hotel Causeway Bay building. The hotel replaced by the OSNS was owned byChina Travel Service (a tourism agency previously accused of assisting Chinese authorities indoxing local pro-democracy journalists and activists).^[18] After the office opened on 8 July 2020 amid tight security,^[19] the building's floor plans were removed from publicly accessible records.^[20]

On 19 April 2021, the Office announced that it was taking over theIsland Pacific Hotel inSai Ying Pun as an additional work site.^[21]

On 23 April 2021, it was announced that a new building for the office's use will be constructed atTai Kok Tsui at a cost of HKD$8 million.^[22] The future site is around 11,500 square metres (124,000 sq ft) and is classified within areas zoned "Government, Institution or Community" on the South West Kowloon Outline Zoning Plan.^[23]

In November 2022, the OSNS bought a 7,171 sqft 5-bedroom mansion in Beacon Hill for HK$508 million.^[24] In addition, it uses the City Garden Hotel for residences.^[25]

Another hotel, the CTS (China Travel Service) (HK) Hotel Development in Hung Hom is also used by the office, also named the Metropark Hotel Hung Hom.^[26][27]

For the office to be allowed to exercise its jurisdiction on a case, either the office itself or theGovernment of Hong Kong needs to request approval from the Central People's Government (CPG).^[28][29] Statutorily, the office is only to be granted jurisdiction in cases of complexity due to the presence of foreign or external elements, inability of the regional government to enforce the law, or a major and imminent threat to national security.^[29] However, the structuring of the approval process effectively means that the CPG can, since it also administers the OSNS, grant its organ jurisdiction at its own discretion, without legal interference from Hong Kong regional authorities.^[28][30] TheHong Kong Secretary for Justice has stated that a suspect's right to engage a lawyer registered to practice in Hong Kong, but not in mainland China, will be determined through the application of mainland law.^[31]

When the OSNS has been granted jurisdiction to investigate a case, theSupreme People's Procuratorate decides which body prosecutes the case, and theSupreme People's Court decides which court is to adjudicate it.^[32] In these cases, procedural matters are governed by PRC law, including theChinese Criminal Procedure Law.^[33] This leads to a lack ofjudicial independence, the absence of theright to remain silent, the possibility of incommunicado detention, and significant restriction of theright to counsel.^[28]

The office and its staff are not subject to Hong Kong jurisdiction.^[4][8] Furthermore, on-duty holders of identification or certification documents issued by the office are immune from inspection, search, and detention byHong Kong law enforcement officers.^[34]

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