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Hong Kong arrests 53 activists under national security law

by Zen Soo
| January 6, 2021 12:42 AM

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy proponents Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in unofficial election primaries for the territory's legislature last year.

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