The Hong Kong government is pressing ahead with the expansion of the controversial national security legislation in the Chinese special administrative region. Chief executive John Lee presented details for a local national security law on Tuesday and announced the start of public consultations for the law by February 28. The introduction of a security law for the Chinese Special Administrative Region was already provided for in the Hong Kong Constitution, which has been in force since the city was returned to China in 1997. However, the government failed to implement it for a long time due to …