Hong Kong silenced as China celebrates Chinese Communist Party centenary

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Hong Kong silenced as China celebrates party centenary

More than 10,000 officers - one-third of the city's force - were deployed to prevent any public gatherings, local media reported, as officials warned that any attempt to protest would lead to arrest.

"While safeguarding national security, residents continue to enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of assembly and demonstration and others according to the law," Lee said.John Lee praised China's imposition of a sweeping national security law in Hong Kong AFP/Peter PARKS Last month the city's most outspoken pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily shut down after its accounts were frozen under the national security law and multiple employees were arrested over articles the popular tabloid published.

"This is persecution as well as privilege," she said in a message released via her lawyers."Arresting me won't succeed in shutting up everyone else."

 

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The way you wrote this headline makes it like CNA wants HK to be in a mess again...if trump to enter the next us election? I bet you won't dare to say anything negative about that

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