Hong Kong widens crackdown, arrest 9 more activists
HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities are expanding their crackdown on the Chinese-controlled territory’s opposition by launching a fresh round of arrests of activists.
HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities are expanding their crackdown on the Chinese-controlled territory’s opposition by launching a fresh round of arrests of activists.
Police on Thursday (April 27) detained up to nine activists for their apparent involvement in an anti-China protest last year, according to social media posts from two political parties.
The arrests come ahead of an expected visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping on July 1 for the 20th year anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain to China.
On Wednesday, police arrested two pro-independence lawmakers who were disqualified in a dispute over their oaths.
The pair, Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching of the Youngspiration party, were charged with unlawful assembly and attempted forcible entry relating to a scuffle in the legislature’s chamber last November. AP