Hong Kong widens crackdown, arrests 9 more activists
Hong Kong authorities expanded their crackdown on the Chinese-controlled territory’s opposition with a fresh round of arrests of pro-democracy activists on Thursday.
Police detained up to nine activists for their apparent involvement in an anti-China protest last year, according to social media posts from two political parties, Demosisto and League of Social Democrats , whose members were among those arrested.
The arrests come ahead of an expected visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping on July 1 for the 20th year anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain to China.
On Wednesday, police arrested two pro-independence lawmakers who were disqualified in a dispute over their oaths.