Four former members of the dissolved Demosisto group arrested in Hong Kong

July 5 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Hong Kong security forces have arrested four young people between the ages of 26 and 28 who were part of the Demosisto political organization, which announced its dissolution after the entry into force three years ago of the national security law imposed from Beijing and criticized. by opponents and organizations defending Human Rights.

Those detained include a former head of the group, Ivan Lam Long Yin, and two other members identified as William Liu Wai Lim and Arnold Chung Chin Ku. They are accused of conspiring to collaborate with foreign forces and perpetrating potentially seditious actions, according to sources consulted by the newspaper ‘South China Morning Post’.

One of Demosisto’s founders is Nathan Law, one of eight activists for whom the Hong Kong authorities have offered a bounty and who currently lives outside of Hong Kong. The organization was dissolved in June 2020 to avoid possible reprisals for a law that has already resulted in the arrest of some 260 people, 161 of whom have been charged, according to an official count.

The Chinese government imposed the national security law as a result of the opposition protests that put the regime of the former British colony in check the previous year. Since the entry into force of this rule, at least 260 people have been arrested, two thirds of whom have been charged.