Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Group Denounces ‘Scare Tactics’ by Chinese Agents

Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Group Denounces ‘Scare Tactics’ by Chinese Agents
Ivan Lam, chairman of pro-democracy group Demosisto, shows a picture of a "prisoner's chair" to the media during a press conference in Hong Kong on Aug. 27, 2018. The group said Aug. 27 two of its members had been detained and questioned in mainland China. Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s leading youth pro-democracy party, Demosisto, accused Chinese state security agents of using “scare tactics” to intimidate two activists briefly detained for questioning earlier this year during visits to the mainland.

China’s Ministry of State Security couldn’t be immediately reached for comment on the two incidents, while the Hong Kong government’s Security Bureau gave no immediate response to a Reuters request for comment.