The "Minato National Security Law" was promulgated and implemented on June 30 last year for one year. The police have arrested at least 138 people, aged 15 to 79, to date (22nd). Among them, in the "July 1st Parade" on the day after the promulgation, the "July 1st Parade" Tang Yingjie, who is a motorcycle with the banner of "Recovering the Hong Kong Times Revolution", became the first defendant. The case will be judged next Tuesday.
In the past year, the National Security Department has attracted attention in a number of arrests, with a wide range of arrests, including the disbanded Hong Kong student organization "Student Momentum", the media organization "One Media", the "Light City People" accused of being a radical independent Hong Kong organization, and The largest pro-democracy party’s "35+ primaries" and the arrest of five key members of the "Hong Kong Speech Therapists Federation" today is the first time that the National Security Department has pointed at a trade union organization.
The National Security Department of the police arrested 5 key members of the "Hong Kong Speech Therapists General Union" today
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National Security Law's first defendant Tang Yingjie charged with 3 crimes
On July 1, 2020, the "July 1st Parade", the police arrested 370 people on different charges, including 10 suspected of violating the National Security Law. Among them, Tang Yingjie, who was riding a motorcycle displaying the "Revolution of Hong Kong Times" banner, was charged with inciting others. Secession, a crime of terrorist activity, and a crime of causing serious bodily injury to others by dangerous driving, which is an alternate charge of terrorist activity, became the first defendant in the National Security Law. The prosecution and defense have completed their submissions recently and the case will be next Ruling on Tuesday.
Tang Yingjie case details
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The National Security Agency dispatched for the first time to arrest 4 former members of the student organization
On July 29, 2020, the National Security Agency dispatched for the first time and arrested 4 people from the Hong Kong-based organization "Student Mobility" earlier than the day when the National Security Law was promulgated. Among them, the former convener Zhong Hanlin was accused of secession, conspiracy to publish seditious publications He has been repaid for four crimes including money laundering, and the other three have been released unconditionally.
The second large-scale search of the "Apple Daily" arrested and prosecuted multiple senior officials
On August 10, 2020, the National Security Agency mobilized nearly 200 police officers to search the Next Media Building and arrested the founder of Next Media Group Li Zhiying, his two sons and four senior leaders of Next Media Group.
On June 17, 2021, the National Security Office searched the One Media Building again, arrested 5 senior executives, and frozen 18 million assets of "Apple Daily" and related companies. Zhang Jianhong, Chief Executive Officer of Next Media Group, and Luo Weiguang, Editor-in-Chief of Apple Daily, were charged For "conspiracy to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security", two writers were arrested in the same month, and "Apple Daily" ceased publication.
As of yesterday, the police charged 4 senior editors and editors, including former executive editor-in-chief Lin Wenzong, former deputy director Chen Peimin, chief writer Yang Qingqi (pen name Li Ping), and former chief writer and English executive editor Feng Weiguang (pen name: Lu Feng) , Suspected of "conspiracy to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security", he is brought up today.
On June 17, 2021, the National Security Office will search the Next Media Building again
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55 people arrested in the largest arrest operation "35+ primaries"
On January 6, 2021, in order to obtain more than half of the seats in the 2020 Legislative Council election, Democracy Dynamics assisted in organizing the "Democratic 35+ Referendum" (primary election). Six months after the primary election, the National Security Department arrested 55 people, including promoters, Coordinators and candidates, 47 people were eventually charged with "conspiracy to subvert state power", including Dai Yaoting, Ou Nuoxuan and others.
Nine detainees accused of planning a terrorist attack in Hong Kong
On July 5, 2021, the National Security Agency arrested 9 men and women, alleging that they belonged to the radical Hong Kong independence organization "Light City People" in an attempt to plan a terrorist attack in Hong Kong. They were suspected of producing a home-made explosive TATP, which was planned to be used in the undersea tunnel, railway, court and garbage can Bomb attacks were launched in other places with the intention of causing casualties.
A week later, the National Security Agency arrested 5 people in the case, increasing the number of arrests in the same case to 14.
The National Security Bureau arrested the "Hong Kong Speech Therapists General Union" 5 bones to interfere in conspiracy to publish a seditious publication. The speech therapist general union "Yangcun" series of three picture books has caused controversy. Waiting for the news that the former senior executives worry about the intensified self-censorship: the police filed a case against "Apple" 4 former senior executives involved in conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to appear in court on Thursday
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