Hong Kong police officials on the 7th, on the 6th day of the second day of enforcement of the “Unmasked Mask Act”, which prohibits them from participating in demonstrations without the permission of the police with masks etc. It was revealed that he was arrested.
The Hong Kong government has enacted the Emergency Situation Ordinance (Emergency Law) that gives the Secretary General super-regulatory authority and enforced the masking prohibition law without deliberation by Congress. On March 6, tens of thousands of people participated in a demonstration march protesting the law across Hong Kong. The five arrested said they were participating in a demonstration on the Kowloon Peninsula.
According to the police, 13 people were arrested on the first day of enforcement. Two of them were charged with violating the law and heard on court on the 7th. (Hong Kong = Kanako Miyajima)