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Activist behind Tiananmen Square anniversary events in Hong Kong among 6 arrested under new domestic security law for posting ‘seditious content’
- Among those detained is activist Chow Hang-tung, security chief Chris Tang reveals
- Chow’s mother is one of the six suspects, Post has learned
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Police have made their first arrests under Hong Kong’s new domestic national security legislation by detaining six people for allegedly publishing seditious materials linked to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown with the aim of inciting hatred of the local and central governments.
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Among those detained was activist Chow Hang-tung, who is in prison for another offence, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung revealed at a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon.
The force’s National Security Department said a woman, with the help of five others, was alleged to have used a social media platform from April to “exploit an upcoming sensitive date” and was repeatedly publishing posts to “provoke hatred” towards the central authorities, the city government and the judiciary.
It said she was on remand in Tai Lam Centre for Women.
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