Group accused of organising an unofficial election last July in the largest single crackdown on campaigners

Forty-seven Hong Kong democrats and activists have been charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, in the largest single crackdown on the democratic opposition under a China-imposed national security law.

Sam Cheung, a young activist and a participant in an unofficial primary election last summer, was charged after reporting to a local police station on Sunday, dressed in a black mask and accompanied by his wife.

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