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Journalists groups have condemned orders to four Hong Kong media organizations from the city s national security police requiring them to hand over materials linked to the arrests of dozens of pro-democracy activists for subversion.
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said it was extremely concerned about the orders handed to independent news websites Stand News and InMedia, jailed media magnate Jimmy Lai s Next Digital, and its subsidiary newspaper the
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The outlets have seven days to comply with the orders, which came as national security police arrested 53 opposition politicians and rights campaigners linked to a democratic primary in July, which the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) deemed subversive.
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Updated at 11:02 ET on 01-06-2021
National security police in Hong Kong on Wednesday arrested more than 50 opposition politicians and activists in a city-wide crackdown on dissent under a draconian law imposed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Around 1,000 national security police officers were dispatched to arrest 53 people who took part in or helped to organize a primary election in July aimed at selecting pro-democracy candidates for Legislative Council (LegCo) elections that were then postponed by the authorities.
Former Hong Kong University law professor Benny Tai and founder of the 2014 Occupy Central pro-democracy movement and former Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai were among those arrested.
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