Woman arrested for alleged sedition outside court ahead of Tiananmen vigil group’s national security case verdict
Hong Kong police arrested a woman for alleged sedition outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Friday, hours before leaders of a Tiananmen vigil group were found guilty under the national security law. Police told local media outlets that a 45-year-old was arrested early on Friday on suspicion of acting with seditious intention, disorder […]
On Friday, Hong Kong police detained a 45-year-old woman near the West Kowloon Law Courts Building, hours before a verdict was announced in a national security law case against two Tiananmen vigil activists and the former leaders of a vigil group. The woman, reportedly wearing a black t-shirt with Japanese characters, was apprehended for allegedly acting with seditious intent, causing public disorder, and obstructing police.
She was apprehended around 5am on Friday and taken to a police vehicle. The activists, Chow Hang-tang and Lee Cheuk-yan, were found guilty of inciting subversion, a charge that prosecutors alleged amounted to advocating the overthrow of the Chinese Communist Party. Both the activists and the Tiananmen vigil group disbanded in September 2021.
The woman was among those waiting for seats in the public gallery for the verdict in the trial of the activists and the vigil group, which was adjourned for mitigation statements.
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