Four Hong Kong student activists arrested for 'secession' over social media posts

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Police in Hong Kong have arrested four members of a student-led pro-independence group for suspected secessionist offenses on social media under the city's sweeping new national security law.

The arrests are among the first since the law was imposed on the city by China on July 1, which also criminalized subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces. Police said those arrested were three males and one female, aged between 16 and 21. Though the police declined to name the group or those arrested, the political group Studentlocalism said on Facebook that its members were among those apprehended, naming one as former leader Tony Chung.

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now we can't even bail out them under NationalSecurityLaw & the scariest part is the judge will be selected by the Pro-Beijing CE of HongKong. how can 4 students aged 16-21 threat the security of ChineseCommunistParty ?

National security law ? It is just a weapon of CCP.

killallhkpolice The white terror has begun. The CCP once claimed that NSL would only target a small group of ppl but now they can’t tolerate pro-democracy student activists. NEVER TRUST THE CCP. Pls SanctionChina before the white terror spreading across the world. SOSHK

Help HK

If you think you are immune, think twice. This nasty law covers the whole universe. Even I could be arrested and locked up for life by writing comments here.

so even students are arrested for social media posts. The Internet is now under CCP censorship

So the Great China are afraid of 4 teens. What did they do? Killing or smuggling?! No. They just said something the Government didn’t like. This is totalitarism, this is Communist China. SOSHK

TotemOfFreedom So they arrested 4 students under the NationalSecurityLaw just because a single FB post? what a free world HKGestapo CCP_is_terrorist AntiChinazi StandWithSajid

Ironic that CCP thinks high school students hv the ability to overthrow its regime.

A Facebook post shouldn't have posed any threat to natural security. Why did police arrest the 4 students?

at any country if someone crime will be trial... all the country is the same

Justice might be late but will not be absent!

These students are all confused by Western forces

This is what joe Biden’s America would look like.

Hong Kong is an inseparable part of China forever.🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰

'Law and Order'-Donald Trump

Quick someone call the NBA for help...

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