Correspondent in Asia
To suffocate all democratic opposition in Hong Kong, in the name of
Chinese "
national security
".
The authoritarian takeover of the former British colony crossed a new threshold on Wednesday, January 6, with the arrest of some fifty key figures of the island's democratic cause.
At least 53 parliamentarians, activists or lawyers were picked up by more than 1000 agents, in the early morning, accused of
"subversion
", under the new national security law (NSL), imposed last year by Beijing to subdue the resistance of the semi-autonomous territory.
Among those arrested, academic Benny Tai, one of the wrestling veterans, and many relatives of Joshua Wong, hero of the "
umbrella movement
", already imprisoned last year, and an American lawyer, a first .
"
They intended to overthrow the government
", according to a "
malicious plan
" denounced John Lee Ka-chiu, the security secretary of the
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