Hong Kong police arrested 15 high-profile pro-democracy figures this weekend in connection with allegedly “organising and participating in unlawful assemblies,” according to the security bureau. The arrests are thought to be related to demonstrations last October.
Former chairs of the Democratic Party Martin Lee and Albert Ho and the Labour Party’s Lee Cheuk-yan were among those arrested, as was lawmaker Leung Yiu-chung, the Democratic Party’s Yeung Sum, democrats Au Nok-hin and Richard Tsoi, Kwai Tsing District Council chair Sin Chung-kai, and the Labour Party’s Cyd Ho.
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