China's public security ministry vows to 'fully guide' Hong Kong's embattled police force in safeguarding stability and restoring order

Beijing's public security authority has vowed to "fully guide" Hong Kong's embattled police force in safeguarding stability, raising eyebrows over what this would mean amid a raging controversy sparked by plans to impose a tailor-made national security law on the city.The Ministry of Public Security made the undertaking through its online news portal on Thursday, but provided no details, prompting questions from local scholars, commentators and security experts as to how the guidance, if any, wo