Hong Kong Arrests Man Mourning Queen Under Colonial Sedition Law

Tributes for Queen Elizabeth II outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong on Sept. 19.Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
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Hong Kong police used a colonial-era law intended to protect the British monarchy to arrest a man near a memorial for Queen Elizabeth II.

A 43-year-old man was detained late Monday “on suspicion of committing an act with seditious intent” on a road near Britain’s consulate, police said in a statement on Tuesday.