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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.

Pro-independence lawmakers Sixtus Leung, left, and Yau Wai-ching speak to the media outside a police station after released on bail in Hong Kong, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Photo: AP

Pro-independence lawmakers Sixtus Leung, left, and Yau Wai-ching speak to the media outside a police station after released on bail in Hong Kong, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Photo: AP

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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

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