Hong Kong Security Police Arrest 75-Year-Old Democracy Activist
- Koo Sze-yiu suspected of inciting subversion, Xinhua says
- Four other people were also asked to assist the investigation
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Hong Kong national security police arrested a 75-year-old pro-democracy activist, according to a Chinese state media report that called him an “anti-China disruptor.”
Koo Sze-yiu, a member of the League of Social Democrats, was arrested shortly after 6 a.m. Friday on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power under the city’s national security law, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency. The charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.