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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Seven pro-democratic lawmakers have been arrested in Hong Kong on Sunday on prices associated to obstructing a legislative council assembly in Might, they mentioned on Fb (NASDAQ:), a transfer that comes after Beijing handed a contentious safety legislation in June.
The arrests, which happened early within the morning, didn’t seem like immediately linked to the legislation however come as police have arrested round 30 underneath the laws in current months.
Police didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Lawmakers Wu Chi Wai, Andrew Wan, Helena Wong, Kwok Wing Kin, Eddie Chu, Raymond Chan and Fernando Cheung introduced their arrests on their particular person Fb pages.
Beijing imposed the nationwide safety legislation on its freest metropolis on June 30, a transfer extensively condemned by Western governments and human rights teams. The legislation punishes what Beijing broadly defines as secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with overseas forces with as much as life in jail.
Critics of the laws say it represents the newest transfer by Beijing to tighten its grip over the previous British colony and erode its judicial independence.
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