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Hong Kong arrests US citizen, dozens more under security law  06 Jan 2021 - 8:49 American lawyer John Clancey walks out of a building as he is taken away by police officers in Hong Kong, China January 6, 2021. Reuters/Lam Yik By Iain Marlow, Natalie Lung and Alfred Liu | Bloomberg President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. secretary of state denounced Hong Kong’s arrest of dozens of opposition figures under a controversial national security law, an unprecedented crackdown that included an American lawyer. Police said they had swept up about 50 people in the Wednesday operation. Those arrested included several prominent former lawmakers and allegations centered on an informal primary that drew more than 600,000 voters in July to choose candidates for a September legislative election that was subsequently postponed by the government.

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