Hong Kong Police Security Unit Arrests Eight Over Campus Protest
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The Hong Kong police’s new national security unit made a series of arrests over a university protest last month, a case that has heightened concerns about an erosion of academic freedom in the Asian financial hub.
Eight males including students, social workers and local district councilors were arrested Monday on allegations of participating in an unlawful assembly on Nov. 19 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, police told a news conference later in the day. Three of them were also accused of chanting slogans, holding up banners or spray-painting messages promoting Hong Kong independence, a potential violation of the China-drafted security law imposed on the city in June.