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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Kiki Lo and James Pomfret

Hong Kong police say 4 protesters arrested after year on the run

FILE PHOTO: Senior Superintendent Steve Li Kwai-wah, of the police’s National Security Department, speaks during an news conference after police said they arrested nine people suspected of terrorist activities, in Hong Kong, China July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong police said on Thursday they had arrested four men, wanted on charges stemming from mass pro-democracy protests in 2019, who had gone into hiding for over a year.

Steve Li, with the police national security department, told reporters the four, aged 16-24, had been arrested in the countryside at dawn on Wednesday.

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