Editing Secret police (section)

====Hong Kong====

In [[British Hong Kong]], the [[Special Branch (Hong Kong)|Special Branch]] was established in 1934 originally as an [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] squad under [[MI5]] with assistance from [[MI6]].<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1080/02684527.2017.1289695|title = MI5 and the Cold War in South-East Asia: Examining the performance of Security Intelligence Far East (SIFE), 1946–1963| journal=Intelligence and National Security| volume=32| issue=6| pages=797–816|year = 2017|last1 = Shaw|first1 = Alexander Nicholas|s2cid = 73533752| url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/111406/10/MI5%20and%20the%20Cold%20War%20in%20South%20East%20Asia%20examining%20the%20performance%20of%20Security%20Intelligence%20Far%20East%20SIFE%201946%201963.pdf| doi-access=free}}</ref> The branch later joined the Crime Department of the [[Royal Hong Kong Police Force]] in 1946 and focused on preventing [[Pro-ROC camp|pro-KMT rightists]] and [[Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)|pro-CCP leftists]] from infiltrating the colony.<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602202202/http://www.scmp.com/article/998947/kmt-spies-infiltrated-colonial-police|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/998947/kmt-spies-infiltrated-colonial-police|title=KMT spies infiltrated colonial police|last=Seawright|first=Stephen|access-date=21 January 2013|archive-date=2 June 2014|newspaper=South China Morning Post|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The [[National Security Department]] in the current [[Government of Hong Kong|HKSAR]] is a secret police agency created after the enactment of the [[2020 Hong Kong national security law|Hong Kong National Security Law]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-01 |title=【最新】警務處已設國家安全處作國安法執法部門 |url=https://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=396365 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Now 新聞 |language=zh-hk}}</ref> The NSD has accused and arrested dissenting voices in Hong Kong for "endangering" the national security, including [[Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)|pro-democracy]] politicians, protestors, and journalists.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ho |first=Kelly |date=2021-02-02 |title=Hong Kong police have arrested 97 under national security law, as commissioner rejects complaints of 'white terror' |url=http://hongkongfp.com/2021/02/02/hong-kong-police-have-arrested-97-under-national-security-law-as-commissioner-rejects-complaints-of-white-terror/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong jails man, 24, for nine years under national security law {{!}} Hong Kong {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/30/hong-kong-jails-man-24-nine-years-under-national-security-law-tong-ying-kit |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=amp.theguardian.com|date=30 July 2021 }}</ref> Some websites were also reportedly banned by the department, including [[Hong Kong Watch]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-14 |title=Hong Kong Watch website blocked by internet firms in Hong Kong |url=https://www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2022/2/14/hong-kong-watch-website-blocked-by-internet-firms-in-hong-kong |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Hong Kong Watch |language=en-GB}}</ref>