HONG KONG: Hong Kong police charged dozens of prominent dissidents with"subversion" on Sunday , in the single largest use yet of Beijing's sweeping new national security law against the city's democracy movement.
"Police this afternoon laid a charge against 47 people ... with one count of 'conspiracy to commit subversion'," the city's police force said in a statement.The 47 people were arrested in January this year. They include 39 men and eight women aged between 23 and 64 years old. "All the above persons are being detained and the case will be mentioned at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts after 11am ," the police said in a statement on their website.
shiroihamusan Hongkongers will never surrender from CCP_is_terrorist and EvilNSL . I saw more than 50% of citizens wearing black colour clothes today in HK to support them & FightForFreedom .StandWithHongKong from the world will never end until end of CCP. Lets freeHongKong together
shiroihamusan No democracy and liberty means no protection of lives and private property. You should retreat your business from Hong Kong ASAP if you have.
To pick a person to join the election, there is completely irrelevant to subversion! The pro-CCP camp worry it may affect their chances of winning which is the reason to charge such a serious crime?
MagnitskyNow Their 'crime' is organising a Primary for legislative council. Wtf? standwithhongkong
StandWithHongKong
CCP can’t tolerate any kind of democracy.
Executing rights to vote is a kind of security crime in Hong Kong, it's not a joke, not a nightmare, it's real.
Same as another country...
Under the tyranny's control, 28/2 was never a good day. 228HongKong: The largest charges under NSL. CCP charged 47 pro-democracy activists subversion as they attend to a legal Primaries. 228Taiwan: In 1947, ppls were fighting against the KMT party that started on 28/2
No oppositional voice is allowed. ccp is building a wall. chinazi
CCP is destroying Hong Kong! Running a primary election becomes a crime, only Hong Kong and CCP will happen. HongKongers never forget and forgive! StandWithHongKong FightForDemocracy FightForFreedom MilkTeaAlliance
FreeHongKong
ccp_is_terrorist china only wants voting bots instead of human with conscience and thoughts. It’s preparing for the incoming election in Sep. decouplingFromChina fuckChina
If participating or organizing a preliminary election can subvert the state power of CCP, how brittle is CCP_is_terrorist? Boycott Winter Olympics in Beijing next year and sanction CCPChina as soon as possible. UyghurGenocide FreeHongKong
Participating a preliminary election definitely violates neither the Basic Law nor National Security Law of CCP_is_terrorist. The puppet regime in HongKong is ridiculous to suppress freedom, democracy, rule of law and human rights by all means. FreeHongKong StandWithHongKong
HongKong is so dead.
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