Hong Kong needs law to tackle ‘hostility against the police’, says force’s new chief

Raymond Siu blames protests on fake news' - but critics fear the label will be used to muzzle dissent

Hong Kong's new police chief has called for a fake news" law to tackle hostility against the police", in what analysts see as an indication of the next phase of the crackdown on free speech in the former British overseas territory.

I understand that there are residents who are still hostile against us," Raymond Siu, 55, said at his first media briefing since taking office on Friday. In this regard, I told my colleagues that many of these torn relationships and hostility against the police are due to fake news."