Hongkong Police arrested dozens of Hong Kong’s opposition lawmakers and activists on January 6, morning under a major National Security Law operation, with local media reporting as many as 50 were being detained. Among those reported arrested were former lawmakers James To Kun-sun, Lam Cheuk-ting, Andrew Wan Siu-kin, Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu and Wu Chi-wai and, for the first time, a US national, John Clancey, a lawyer who has been active in human rights in Hongkong for many years. The China Daily (Hongkong Edition) reported (January 7) that over 1000 Hongkong policemen were deployed for the operation and they searched 72 places and froze assets worth an estimated HK$ 1.6 million. The head of Hong Kong’s public broadcaster RTHK, Leung Ka-wing, was reported on January 8, to have advised staff not to interview the 53 democrats arrested this week under the National Security Law.
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