Four Hong Kong students involved in a recently disbanded pro-independence group were arrested by police on Wednesday under a controversial new ...
HONG KONG: Four Hong Kong students involved in a recently disbanded pro-independence group were arrested by police on Wednesday under a controversial new national security law, officers and members of the group said.
He added that computers, phones and documents were seized by officers and that all those arrested were students. "If anyone who tells others that he advocates violating the national security law from abroad, even he does that from overseas, we have the jurisdiction to investigate these kind of cases," he told reporters.
Beijing says the national security law is needed to end unrest, restore stability and will not impact political freedoms.The law bypassed Hong Kong's legislature and its details were kept secret until the moment it was enacted.
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