Following the arrests of eight men who participated in a march on the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus last month, police this morning arrested eight more men for organizing or participating in an illegal assembly, including former Democratic Party Chairman David Hu and former legislators Dick Chu and Leung Kwok-hung, in connection with the July 1 march against the National Security Law in Hong Kong. In total, three former legislators, four current District Council members and nine social activists were arrested after taking part in the two-day action, with three of them arrested on suspicion of violating the National Security Law for displaying allegedly pro-independence flags and slogans, such as the “Glorious Revolution of the Hong Kong Era. The police said the operation is ongoing and more arrests are not ruled out.
The eight people arrested this morning, in addition to the three former legislators, are the convenor of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), Chen Haohuan, members of the League of Social Democrats (LSD), Tsang Kin-shing and Tang Sai-li, and Eastern District Council members Chan Wing-tai and Tsui Chi-wai. Chen Ho-hwan posted a clip on his Facebook page showing a raid by plainclothes police officers, accusing him and his co-defendants of inciting, organizing, and participating in an illegal assembly, and later shouting “shame on political suppression” after being warned by the police. Other individuals also said on their personal or political party Facebook pages that they had been arrested in the morning and taken to different police stations for investigation.
The police said they noticed people outside the Court of Final Appeal in the afternoon of June 30 inciting others to take part in an unauthorized assembly on Hong Kong Island the following day, and organizing and leading an unauthorized assembly in the Wan Chai area on July 1. The arrests, which took place between the ages of 24 and 64, are suspected of inciting others, holding or organizing, and participating in an unauthorized assembly. The case was assigned to the Hong Kong Island Regional Crime Unit. The police did not explain why participation in an illegal assembly should be assigned to the Serious Crimes Bureau, which investigates major criminal cases such as murders and fights.
This year’s 7.1 march was the first time since Hong Kong’s handover that it was banned. Police eventually arrested about 370 people on that day, including 10 for allegedly violating the National Security Law, including one who was carrying a “Hong Kong Independence” flag.
CUHK protesters were accused of violating the National Security Law.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is the first Chinese university in the world to be arrested for participating in an illegal rally in the wake of a report and data provided by the university.
It is believed that the three are two 16-year-old high school students and a student from the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education. In the past few years, the government has been trying to improve the quality of life for the people of Hong Kong.
The police were called to the scene of the incident, but the police were not aware of the incident,” he said. The National Security Agency (NSA) investigated and arrested eight men between the ages of 16 and 34 yesterday morning for allegedly participating in an unauthorized assembly. The arrests are still ongoing, he said.
The Chinese University has had strong reactions from students and alumni to the police call that led to the arrests on campus. The Provisional Executive Council of the CU Student Union (PLC) and the student unions of the eight campuses issued a joint statement strongly condemning CUHK for taking the initiative to call the police on its own graduates, an “outrageous” act, and saying that CUHK, as an institution of higher learning known for its humanism and social concern, “not only did not do anything to help the students, but also did nothing to help the students. The university has been aiding and abetting the injustices of society, and has been willing to act as the white glove of the colonial regime in suppressing the last remaining freedoms on campus.
Secondly, Cheng-Yin Yang, former president of the CU Student Union, and several alumni signed a petition urging the university rating agencies to include academic freedom in general and the university’s performance in protecting freedom of speech in their evaluation criteria. He urged the university to explain what information it had submitted to the National Security Agency and whether it had assisted the police in identifying the victim.
He urged the university to explain what information it had submitted to the National Security Agency and whether it had assisted the police in identifying the accused. However, CUHK Council member Jennifer Mak, a member of the pro-establishment camp, said that there was nothing wrong with the university calling the police because freedom of speech is protected by not breaking the law, and the university needs to protect other law-abiding people on campus.
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