Hong Kong police arrest four members of a pro-democracy group that organizes the annual rally to commemorate those who died in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in the latest blow to the opposition movement in the Chinese territory.
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested four members of a pro-democracy group that organizes the annual June 4 rally to commemorate those who died in the 1989Activist and barrister Chow Hang Tung of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China was arrested along with three others, the group said.
Chow Hang Tung, vice chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, in Hong Kong on Sept. 5, 2021.Police sent a letter to the alliance in August requesting information about its membership, finances and activities by Sept. 7, according to a copy the group sent to reporters.
, which Beijing imposed on Hong Kong last year after it was roiled by anti-government protests, punishes what authorities broadly refer to as secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison. Ho withdrew her bail application at the High Court after Judge Esther Toh declined her request to lift reporting restrictions for the hearing.
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