Hong Kong police carried out the first arrest under the new national security law after its entry into force: it is a man, according to local media, who owned an independent Hong Kong flag in Causeway Bay, where he is awaiting an unauthorized event.
The police, meanwhile, have also used for the first time the new purple flag which serves as a warning to demonstrators who use illegal flags or banners or who chant choruses and slogans that express resolutions of secession or subversion.
Hong Kong: first arrest under national security law
2020-07-02T17:28:27.765Z
Man possessed the former colony's independence flag (ANSA)Hong Kong police carried out the first arrest under the new national security law after its entry into force: it is a man, according to local media, who owned an independent Hong Kong flag in Causeway Bay, where he is awaiting an unauthorized event. The police, meanwhile, have also used for the first time the new purple flag which serves as a warning to demonstrators who use illegal flags or ...