Political situation
Written by: Sha Banshan
2020-09-15 07:00
Last update date: 2020-09-15 07:00
Hong Kong’s National Security Law Liangjian has been active for more than two months, and the police have continued to "close the net". Democrats have been arrested under different names. Following Next Media’s Li Zhiying, former Hong Kong loyalty member Zhou Ting, and Democratic Party Lin Zhuoting, the latest One time was last Sunday (6th) when the police arrested Tan Dezhi, the vice chairman of the People's Forces (Quick Bi), on suspicion of "inciting literary crimes." The latter is currently refused bail and is pending trial.
Political circles are concerned, when will the next round of police operations come?
Who will be the targeted democrats?
According to politicians who know the pulse of Beijing, the leaders who held the primary election of the democratic legislative council in July will be the "high-risk" group.
The two offices successively accused the primary election of illegal
Since the National Security Law came into effect on the evening of June 30, the police have conducted at least 4 rounds of arrests against the pro-democracy faction, including the arrest of 4 former students of the Independence Organization by the National Security Law on July 29 and the arrest by the National Security Law on August 10. Lai Zhiying, the founder of Next Media, searched the "Apple Daily" building and arrested former Hong Kong members Zhou Ting that night; on August 26, he arrested Democratic Party legislators Xu Zhifeng and Lin Cheuk Ting, the latter being charged in the July 21 incident in Yuen Long last year Convicted of a riot; on September 6th, Tan Dezhi was arrested on the basis of an old colonial law for "sedition". The police stated that the investigation was conducted under the National Security Law at the beginning, and after studying the evidence, he was arrested on other charges.
The series of arrests involved different crimes and different natures, but they shared a similar perception of society: the police were "strengthening" to speed up their actions against democrats.
Political circles are particularly concerned about what events will be involved in the next round of arrests and who will be "targeted" by the democrats.
According to sources from the establishment, the democratic primaries are one of the "minefields."
▼A number of democrats were arrested after the National Security Law took effect▼
The democratic legislative elections held on July 11 and 12 were led by Occupy Central initiator Dai Yaoting and former legislator Ou Nuoxuan. Democratic Power Convener Zhao Jiaxian coordinated and the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion provided technical support.
The day before the election, the police raided the office of the Hong Kong Democratic Research Institute on the grounds that someone was involved in dishonest use of computers.
But the final primary election was held as scheduled, with more than 600,000 people voting, and many of the protesters qualified in the primary election.
The Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office launched criticisms of the primary election on July 13 and 14.
The Liaison Office "severely condemns the opposition political groups for ignoring the relevant laws and the warnings of the SAR government, insisting on launching illegal "primary elections", and firmly supporting the SAR government's in-depth investigations and investigations in accordance with the law." The office even pointed out that the primary election "is an illegal manipulation of the elections in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and a blatant challenge to the Hong Kong Basic Law and the Hong Kong National Security Law."
Ou Nuoxuan and Zhao Jiaxian successively announced their withdrawal from the coordination work in early August, and Dai Yaoting later said that the work was completed.
Or become a copy of the "Tan Dezhi Case"
However, it is reported that because the "two offices" have already spoken out, the relevant units are expected to "open fast labor" investigations. Even if the investigation is found to have nothing to do with the National Security Law, it may be like the Tan Dezhi case. "After studying the evidence, it will change to other prosecutions. Criminal arrest."
The person also pointed out that, especially the former democratic legislators and professor-level scholars who led the primary elections, the two of them received "attention" and it was in the eyes of Beijing. The former was related to former members of the constituency Huang Zhifeng, Zhou Ting and Xian. Luo Guancong, who has been in exile overseas, is "closely connected." The latter has taken part in Occupy Central, and has been listed as a key target.
Of course, no one can say exactly what the investigation results of the relevant law enforcement agencies will be. However, it is expected that they will continue to "quickly" investigating different people in public factories.
The National Security Law was out of the sheath, and the blood was still there.
The news that Hong Kong youths were detained for smuggling into Taiwan recently touched the nerves of Hong Kong people. In fact, going back to the beginning, these are the aftermath of the National Security Act.
From this point of view, the aftershock effect will continue for some time, and the shocking news may continue.
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