Shrinking group of pro-democracy campaigners – who themselves expect arrest – say authorities want to make political dissent in effect illegal
Lee Cheuk-yan has seen a lot during his 63 years in Hong Kong, but this week for the first time he felt horror.
On Wednesday at dawn, 1,000 police swept the city, carrying out mass arrests of 55 people associated with a move to bring about a democratic election. Dozens of students, social workers, lawyers and politicians were rounded up without warning in the biggest assault on opposition since the implementation of the national security law (NSL) in June.
