Watch This | Chris Tang slams double standards of Western politicians over national security legislation

On Tuesday (March 5), Security Secretary Chris Tang announced that the government had received an additional few hundred contributions that were uploaded in time for the conclusion of its consultation on national security legislation outlined in Basic Law Article 23, bringing the total number of submissions to 13,489.

The majority of people, according to Tang, support enacting such legislation, as seen by the 98.6% of comments that were supportive of the proposal.

The minister said around half of the 97 opposing comments came from people who didn't include their names.

A quarter of those who did give their names came from "anti-China groups" like Hong Kong Watch and Amnesty International, wanted persons overseas and national security suspects on remand, Tang said.

He said the security law proposals are defensive in nature, describing them as "door locks" for national security and adding that "burglars who want to endanger security surely don't want the locks in place".

The minister also rejected criticism of the proposals from British Foreign Secretary David Cameron who last week called on the SAR government to reconsider plans for the legislation.

Cameron said Britain's security laws are "fully representative of the views of the UK public and have democratic legitimacy."

Tang accused Cameron of double standards, saying the United Nations Charter states that every jurisdiction can formulate its system according to its own conditions, and the UK by no means has a better system than Hong Kong.

The security secretary also accused the US Consul General in Hong Kong, Gregory May, of having double standards after he said American companies used burner phones and laptops while operating in the SAR.

Tang said Americans are "experts in illegal tapping" as they even intercept conversations of leaders of other countries.

He said officials are now consolidating the submissions received and will update lawmakers as soon as possible.

"We hear different opinions about whether some of the legal definitions can be clear and have more details. We will include all those opinions and see how we can enhance the legislation," Tang told reporters.