Hong Kong police charged dozens of dissidents with subversion on Sunday in the largest use yet of Beijing’s sweeping new national security law, as authorities move to cripple the finance hub’s democracy movement.
On Sunday, police confirmed 47 of them had been charged with one count each of “conspiracy to commit subversion” — one of the new national security crimes — and would appear in court on Monday morning. Some struck a cautiously defiant tone as they prepared to report to police on Sunday to hear the charges.
Gwyneth Ho, a young journalist turned activist, posted on her Facebook page before being charged: “I hope everyone can find their road to peace of mind and then press forward with indomitable will.” But Chinese and Hong Kong officials described the primary as an attempt to “overthrow” and “paralyse” the city’s government and therefore a threat to national security.
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