12 pro-democracy legislative council candidates are disqualified TODAY. MORE to come tmr. Most of the candidates from the camp are expected to be barred. The govt is constructing a CCP assembly in Legco to eliminate most of the opposition voice. Outrageous.
#HONGKONG
[HK asylum seekers could be sent to #China's secret courts]
1. Twelve #HKers, all involved in #hkprotests, were detained by #China’s coast guard today when fleeing to #Taiwan for political asylum. All of them are now detained in #China.
@nathanlawkc@Po9Mon So the Great China are afraid of the teens. What did they do? Killing or smuggling?!
No. They just said something the Government didn’t like. This is totalitarism, this is Communist China.
@nathanlawkc Some said members of the disbanded Studentlocalism are arrested for posting on Facebook
The is not about national security, but freedom of speech, CCP is taking it away from HKers
@nathanlawkc@PippyPip9 Arbitrary arrest & Political prosecution is PRESENT TENSE.
The Free Nations should #StandWithHongKong and consider any possible diplomatic measures, including sanctions, warnings and lifeboats. UK should also consider reclaim HK as #CCP SHOW ZERO RESPECT to the declaration
White terror, politics of fear dispersed in Hong Kong under National Security Law. This is the first case that an individual is arrested on the doorstep under #NSL. It targets activists and quashes freedom of expression of HK people. Please be aware of it.
#FreeTonyChung who has done nothing but share his passion for a democratic Hong Kong.
China wants our money but quashes democracy.
We must stop fueling China with our dollars! #BoycottChineseProducts
The same thing happened in Nazi Germany to the jews. Any pro-democracy supporter can get arrested in #HongKong, then shipped to a gulag in mainland China where many will not survive. We can't let this happen again! The international community must intervene!
While Student Localism moved its operations from Hong Kong to overseas before the the national security law legislation, it shared its idea on July 19 about the prospect of its US branch. This Facebook post might also amount to what the police see as commiting secession.
Netizens have suspected that the arrests were made due to this Facebook status posted by Student Localism three days ago about an advocacy of constructing Hong Kong nationalism in order to combat a brand of Chinese nationalism. Police will hold a press briefing at 11 pm today.
From information circulating on Facebook and Telegram, three Student Localism members, Tony Chung, Ho Lok-hang and Yanni Ho, were arrested over the Beijing-implemented national security law. Before the law installation, the group had announced to cease operations in Hong Kong.
Several local media have also reported that the arrest was made by the police national security division, but not agents from the Committee for Safeguarding National Security. Messages circulating on Telegram also say another convenor of the group Ho Lok-hang was also arrested.
#BREAKING: Confirmed by several local media, Tony Chung, convener of the disbanded pro-independence group Student Localism, is arrested for conspiracy to invite others to commit secession. Chung is the first known arrest over the newly national security law. #HongKongProtests
4. Keeping our eyes on our enemies is the sole way to survival.
Along with Tony Chung, other two former members of Studentlocalism were also arrested this evening.