HONG KONG: Six Arrested for Sedition Under Hong Kong’s New Security Law”, On Tuesday. Hong Kong police arrested six individuals under the city’s new security law. The arrests were made for allegedly “posting messages with seditious intention” online, marking a significant enforcement of the controversial legislation aimed at curbing dissent.
Hong Kong police arrested five women and one man under the city’s new security law. The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force stated that the individuals were detained for “posting messages with seditious intention on an anonymous social media page since April 2024.”
This marks a notable enforcement action under the controversial legislation designed to curb dissent and maintain order.
Security chief Chris Tang confirmed that the woman on remand was Chow Hang-tung, a prominent activist who has been jailed since 2021.
Chow was the former leader of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance, which had organised an annual candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to mourn the victims of Jun 4, 1989, when Beijing sent troops into Tiananmen Square to quash protests.
Tuesday’s arrests come a week before the event’s 35th anniversary, and the statement said that the online posts were “taking advantage of an upcoming sensitive day”.
The online messages were written “with the aim to incite hatred towards the Central Government (Beijing), the HKSAR Government and the Judiciary, as well as inciting netizens to organise or take part in unlawful activities at a later stage”.
