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HK arrests four accused of aiding overseas activists

Demosisto members (from left) Joshua Wong, Sunny Cheung and Nathan Law hold a placard urging European leaders to act against the national security law during a news conference outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on June 3, 2020. Wong is now in jail and Law has fled abroad. (AFP File Photo)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong national security police on Wednesday arrested four men it accused of supporting overseas dissidents and of advocating for independence from China, two days after issuing warrants and bounties against several foreign-based activists.

The four men “were suspected of receiving funds from operating companies, social platforms and mobile applications to support people who have fled overseas and continue to engage in activities that endanger national security”, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police said in a statement.

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