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Hong Kong Arrests U.S. Citizen, Dozens More Under Security Law
Bloomberg
1/6/2021
Iain Marlow, Natalie Lung and Alfred Liu
(Bloomberg) Hong Kong arrested dozens of opposition figures under a controversial national security law, an unprecedented crackdown that included an American lawyer, as authorities work to quash any dissent that remains in the former British colony.
Police said they had swept up 53 people in the Wednesday operation and that around 1,000 officers had been dispatched to carry out the detentions. Those arrested included several prominent former lawmakers, with allegations centered on an informal July primary to choose candidates for legislative elections subsequently postponed by the government. ....

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