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Reports: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested

by Zen Soo
| January 5, 2021 5:08 PM

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested about 50 pro-democracy figures Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in an unofficial primary election last year held to increase their chances of controlling the legislature, according to political parties and local media.

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