On June 7, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council discussed a controversial new piece of legislation that, beginning July 22, would prohibit people convicted of “endangering national security” from being registered as social workers, Hong Kong Free Press has reported. According to Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare Ho Kai-ming, convictions that would disqualify social workers would include those involving treason and sedition, along with the four crimes outlined in Hong Kong’s controversial National Security Law (NSL): secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces. But he added this list was not exhaustive.