The first arrest after the enactment of the National Security Law in Hong Kong took place on July 1.
A man found in possession of a Hong Kong independence flag is the first person to be arrested, police said on July 1. “Man arrested in possession of Hong Kong independence flag in Causeway Bay, in violation of state security law”, the Hong Kong police wrote on their Twitter account.
In their message on Twitter, a photo shows a man arrested by the police and the flag, they stressed that it was the first arrest since the entry into force of this text in Hong Kong.
On July 1, Hong Kong police said they had arrested at least 180 people, including seven under the new national security law, while thousands of protesters defied the ban on assembling for the 23rd birthday. of the city’s retrocession to China.
Hong Kong police also apprehended “For participation in unauthorized rallies, disturbing public order, possession of offensive weapons and other related offenses”, the police wrote on his Twitter account, noting that seven of them were. “For alleged violation of the law on national security”.
Promulgated on June 30 by Chinese President Xi Jinping after being adopted by the Standing Committee of Parliament, a proceeding submitted to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the new law makes it possible to punish four types of crimes against state security in Hong Kong: subversive activities, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces.
The law is accused by its detractors of being an attempt to stifle the opposition in Hong Kong. It provides that the Chinese justice is competent for the attacks «graves» to security and life imprisonment for crimes against national security.
