HONG KONG: Hong Kong on Friday unveiled a new national security draft bill that includes life sentences for offenses such as treason and insurrection.

The homegrown bill is set to become the city's second national security law, following the one Beijing imposed in 2020 after quashing huge and sometimes violent democracy protests.

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