The activists, aged between 16 and 21, were arrested from Yuen Long, Sha Tin and Tuen Mun areas, but their identities were not revealed.
Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday arrested four individuals under a new security law for running a pro-independence group that called for making the city-state a republic, The South China Morning Post reported. The activists, aged between 16 and 21, were arrested from Yuen Long, Sha Tin and Tuen Mun areas of Hong Kong, but their identities were not revealed. However, images posted on social media showed police taking away Tony Chung Hon-lam, one of the former convenors of Studentlocalism, in Yuen Long. Studentlocalism was a pro-independence group disbanded on June 30, hours before a new China-imposed law that criminalises “subversion, secession and collusion with foreign forces”, as well as terrorism, came into force. National Security Department Senior Superintendent of Police Steve Li Kwai-wah said at a late evening press conference that a group formed by the accused had recently declared the establishment of a body to promote pro-independence politics, using “any means possible”, and to build a “Republic of Hong Kong”.
