Activist leader rearrested in jail

Jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was rearrested in prison on Thursday on suspicion of violating the state’s controversial national security law. The 24-year-old was taken from ShekPik prison, where he is serving a 13-month sentence for organising an unauthorised protest in 2019, to be questioned ‘‘without legal representation’’, his Twitter account stated. The rearrest of Wong came after more than 1000 police officers detained 53 prominent figures on charges of ‘‘subversion’’, a new national security crime that carries up to life in prison. Following the dawn raids on Wednesday, 28 people were later bailed including American lawyer John Clancey, former Hong Kong MP Eddie Chu and district councillor Lester Shum.