Dozens of pro-democracy figures reportedly arrested in Hong Kong
About 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures were arrested by police on Wednesday under a national security law, following their involvement in an unofficial primary election last year held to increase their chances of controlling the legislature, according to local media reports.
Those arrested included former lawmakers and pro-democracy activists, and the group were arrested on suspicion of subversion under the city's national security law, according to reports by local newspaper South China Morning Post and online news platform Now News.
At least seven members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party the city's largest opposition party were arrested, including former party chairman Wu Chi-wai. Former lawmakers, including Helena Wong, Lam Cheuk-ting, and James To, were also arrested, according to a post on the party's Facebook page.
