3 Prominent Supporters of HK Protests Arrested on ‘Illegal Assembly’ Charges

3 Prominent Supporters of HK Protests Arrested on ‘Illegal Assembly’ Charges
Jimmy Lai, attends a pro-democracy protesters march in Admiralty in Hong Kong on Aug. 31, 2019. Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images
Frank Fang
Updated:

Three prominent supporters of the Hong Kong protests were arrested the morning of Feb. 28, including the founder of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai.

Apple Daily reported that several police officers from the police’s crime unit showed up at Lai’s private residence in Ho Man Tin, a residential area in Kowloon, at around 7:30 a.m. local time.
Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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