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Hong Kong police make first arrest made under new security law

Hong Kong police make first arrest made under new security law
Police prepare for pro-democracy protesters’ rally against the security law for Hong Kong on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP)
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Updated 01 July 2020

Hong Kong police make first arrest made under new security law

Hong Kong police make first arrest made under new security law
  • Man found in possession of a Hong Kong independence flag

HONG KONG: A man found in possession of a Hong Kong independence flag became the first person to be arrested under Beijing’s new national security law for the city, police said Wednesday.
“A man was arrested for holding a #HKIndependence flag in #CausewayBay, Hong Kong, violating the #NationalSecurityLaw,” police wrote on their verified Twitter account alongside a picture of the man and the flag.
“This is the first arrest made since the law has come into force,” the force added.