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After the crackdown, Hong Kongers fear the future
When news of the first arrests began trickling through, Joey Siu got straight onto the phone to her friends in Hong Kong. As they stopped responding, one by one, she realised the crackdown was growing - and fast.
The 21-year-old student activist, who fled to the US two months ago, watched the detentions mount on her screen: a social worker, an academic, a former journalist, an American lawyer. I panicked, said Ms Siu, as the scale of the operation became apparent, partly because of the fact that I can t go back and help.
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By Preeti Jha
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image captionA social worker, an ex-journalist, an academic and an American lawyer (clockwise from top left) were among the arrested
When news of the first arrests began trickling through, Joey Siu got straight onto the phone to her friends in Hong Kong. As they stopped responding, one by one, she realised the crackdown was growing - and fast.
The 21-year-old student activist, who fled to the US two months ago, watched the detentions mount on her screen: a social worker, an academic, a former journalist, an American lawyer. I panicked, said Ms Siu, as the scale of the operation became apparent, partly because of the fact that I can t go back and help.