Hong Kong police arrest 53 democrats in early morning

Allegedly violating the security law… Most since law enforcement
After a storm including an American lawyer
53 people from the pan-democracy camp, who opposed the Chinese government and demanded democratization in Hong Kong, were arrested on charges of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law (Hong Kong Security Law) in the early morning of the 6th. Since this law came into force in July last year, it is the largest single arrest.

Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) said, “53 Democratic figures, including former Democrat Uchiwai, the Democratic Party of Hong Kong, have been arrested by the police.” He said. Clancy’s lawyer has been defending Hong Kong democrats.

It is reported that the arrest operation of the Hong Kong police was carried out simultaneously and simultaneously throughout Hong Kong at the dawn of this day. Hong Kong police explained the allegations that they fabricated the results of the primary elections they held in July last year to select a single candidate for opposition and even attempted to overthrow the country in the process. The Hong Kong Security Law provides a maximum sentence of life imprisonment on four charges, including division of the country, overthrow of the state regime, terrorist activities, and collusion with foreign forces. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chun-ying said at a regular briefing on the 6th, “This arrest was a necessary and essential measure.” “The Hong Kong government cannot tolerate the overthrow of the state.” Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on the 4th (local time) that “the past year has shown that Hong Kong is becoming another communist-dominated city.” Beijing = Correspondent Kiyong Kim [email protected]