Hong Kong police have arrested four people aged 16-21 for suspected offences under, the first such detentions outside of street protests since the legislation took effect a month ago.
The central government in Beijing imposed the national security law on the semi-autonomous Chinese territory after city leaders were unable to get one passed locally. The move has raised fears that Hong Kong's freedoms and local autonomy are being taken away. Li said only that the group in question had set up recently and that the posts were made after the law took effect late on June 30.
China, in justifying the new law, says issues such as separatism are a national security concern and, as such, fall under its purview.Leading figure fired from academia
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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