Second arrest for Hong Kong democracy activists
POLICE have re-arrested 47 prodemocracy activists in Hong Kong under strict new national security laws – a month after releasing them.
The 39 men and eight women charged with conspiracy to commit subversion include many who stood in unofficial elections last year to find candidates for Hong Kong’s assembly.
They hoped to elect enough members to vote down major bills and eventually force leader Carrie Lam to resign.
Authorities said their campaign was part of a plan to paralyse the city’s legislature and subvert state power.
Among those arrested were activist Mike Lam King-nam and former legislator Eddie Chu. They will appear in court today, police said.
The national security law was imposed on the semi-autonomous state by Beijing last year.
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