HK’s First Use of Security Law Targets Tiananmen Activist
- Seven arrested for alleged sedition under new security law
- Ex-organizer of Tiananmen crackdown vigil among those detained
Officers with the Hong Kong Police Force's national security department.
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Hong Kong authorities used a new national security law for the first time, showing the government’s intent to continue cracking down on perceived threats even in the absence of open protests.
National security police on Tuesday arrested Chow Hang-tung, who once helped organize an annual commemoration of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, at the maximum security prison where she was held over a separate charge.