Teen ‘subversive’ held in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: A 15-year-old was among five people arrested in Hong Kong under a sweeping national security law, police said, with local press reporting social media posts sparked their detention.
Officers from a specialist team in the financial hub arrested four men and one woman, aged between 15 and 24, on suspicion of subversion.
Local reports said three of those detained were scooped up during raids looking for members of a group called “Returning Valiant”.
“Their comments left on social media could constitute the offences of secession and subversion under the national security law,” a police source said.
It was reported the raids stemmed from a burglary probe in which four others were arrested. A statement posted on Facebook by “Returning Valiant” said some of its members were arrested and lawyers were looking into it.
Meanwhile democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to another 10 months in jail for participating in last year’s gathering to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Wong, 24, is already in prison due to other illegal assembly convictions. The District Court reduced his sentence after he pleaded guilty.