Can I go to Hong Kong and Macao with a criminal record?

Persons who have been released from prison and released from reeducation through labor can apply for passports and Hong Kong and Macao passes at the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ in their place of residence normally and legally after the execution of the punishment or the release of reeducation through labor; It belongs to five situations that are prohibited from leaving the country by law, including defendants in criminal cases and criminal suspects identified by public security organs or people's procuratorates and people's courts. Even people with criminal records can apply for Hong Kong and Macao passes.