Hong Kong national security law: police arrest 4 ex-members of defunct opposition party Demosisto for ‘yellow-circle’ fundraising

Hong Kong national security police have arrested a former leader and three members of the now-defunct political party Demosisto for allegedly conspiring to raise funds from opposition-friendly businesses to support “anti-China” activities overseas, the Post has learned.

Sources close to the group said the arrests on Wednesday were linked to the four’s involvement in collecting funds on behalf of former party chairman Nathan Law Kwun-chung, who is now self-exiled in Britain and among eight people with HK$1 million (US$127,700) bounties on their head for alleged national security offences.

The four suspects were ex-Demosisto leader Ivan Lam Long-yin and three former members, William Liu Wai-lim, Li Kai-ching and Arnold Chung Chin-ku, sources told the Post.

One insider familiar with the case said officers from the force’s National Security Department raided an industrial unit on Wing Kin Road in Kwai Chung and took the suspects into custody. Lam was seen being escorted by plain clothes officers in handcuffs and taken to an unmarked police car.

Without naming the suspects, police said they had arrested four people, aged 26 to 28, for allegedly conspiring to collude with a foreign country or external forces and commit acts with seditious intent.

“Investigation revealed that the arrested persons were suspected of receiving funds from operating companies, social media platforms and mobile applications to support people who have fled overseas and continue to engage in activities that endanger national security,” the force said.