Hong Kong police have arrested 53 pro-democracy politicians in one of the biggest purges of the city’s opposition since Beijing imposed a tough new national security law on the city last year.
Among those detained were moderate former democratic lawmakers and human rights lawyer John Clancey — a US citizen who is believed to be one of the first expatriates arrested under the law.
Police also for the first time accused the city’s most prominent pro-democracy activist, Joshua Wong, of violating the national security law. Crimes under the law are punishable with up to life imprisonment.
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