Senior Superintendent Li Kwai-wah, speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong today.
Police said three men and one woman aged between 16 and 21 were arrested on suspicion of organising and inciting secession. Student Localism, a group that used to advocate independence, said in a statement that its former leader Tony Chung, 19, was among those arrested.Last month, Student Localism announced it had disbanded as Beijing enacted its national security law, which outlaws secession, subversion, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces.However, Li said overseas activity could still be prosecuted.
Beijing says the national security law is needed to end unrest, restore stability and will not impact political freedoms.“The gross misuse of this draconian law makes clear that the aim is to silence dissent, not protect national security,” Sophie Richardson, China director for Human Rights Watch, said after the latest arrests.
The first arrests after the law was enacted were made against people who possessed pro-independence flags.
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