Hong Kong Police Arrest Another 8 Activists Who Protested Beijing’s Anti-Subversion Law

Crackdown against pro-democracy voices intensifies

Protesters chant slogans during a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. Dale de la Rey/AFP via Getty Images

At least eight pro-democracy figures were arrested in Hong Kong on Dec. 8 for their involvement in an unauthorized protest on July 1.

Those arrested included three former opposition lawmakersi—Wu Chi-wai, Eddie Chu, and Leung Kwok-hungi—as well as incumbent opposition district councilors Lancelot Chan, Andy Chui, and Tsang Kin-shing. Wu was the former head of the local Democratic Party.