By Jennifer Creery
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On Wednesday evening, police arrested four former members of the pro-independence group Studentlocalism on suspicion of inciting secession in the first major roundup of activists under the new national security law.
Officers from the newly-established National Security Department detained three males and one female, aged 16-21, including 19-year-old ex-convenor Tony Chung, ex-spokesperson Ho Nok-hang, as well as ex-members Yanni Ho and Chan Wai-jin, according to local media. All have been denied bail.
Thirteen local university student unions released a joint statement hours after the arrests, under the heading: “Hong Kong has fallen into the Era of White Terror.”
Students’ Unions of Higher Institutions hereby urge Hongkongers not to connive at the atrocities of the communist regime but to stand up against the oppression by any feasible means. To the tyrannical communist puppets, we warn that the world is watching. Any further crimes you commit will not go unseen.
It is crystal clear that more and more Hongkongers would have to endure the Communist terror. But as Samuel Beckett, an Irish poet, said, ‘I can’t go on. I will go on.’ Hongkongers shall uphold the ‘Be-Water’ spirit and continue to fight on in the darkest times. In the past year, Hongkongers have fought the battle against tyranny as if it was our last, revealing the Chinese communist regime’s true colour and unearthing its malignant nature. The free world has stood with Hongkongers against Communist aggression.
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/30/student-unions-and-ngos-raise-alarm-as-hong-kong-rounds-up-activists-under-new-security-law/