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Hong Kong police said on Monday they arrested eight people linked to illegal activities on the campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Those arrested, all males between the ages of 16 and 34, are students, community workers and members of the district council, according to the Hong Kong Police Department for Safeguarding National Security.
They are suspected of participating in an unauthorized gathering, and three of them were also suspected of inciting secession while shouting and displaying “Hong Kong independence” slogans, police said, adding that the arrests were made after obtaining relevant evidence. .
Some people, under the pretext that they were not satisfied that CUHK moved the graduation ceremony online in response to epidemic prevention needs, started a rally of nearly 100 people on campus on November 19 without permission, during the which some people disfigured and damaged property and indulged. in criminal damage.
“We only arrested those who shouted slogans and held flags that involved national security concerns,” Police Superintendent Steve Li told the media.
Arthur Yeung, a college graduate who also ran in the city’s district council elections last year, is apparently among those arrested. A post on Yeung’s Facebook page said that he was arrested Monday morning.
Two district councilors, Isaac Lee and Eason Chan, were also arrested, according to posts on their respective Facebook pages.
