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Hong Kong police arrest 4 men linked to a Taiwan-based group and accuse them of subversion
HONG KONG, JUL 10 – The suspects are accused of promoting Hong Kong independence, planning military training, and seeking foreign interference under the national security law, facing up to life imprisonment, police said.
- Hong Kong police arrested four men aged 15 to 47 on July 10, 2025, accusing them of conspiracy to subvert state power linked to a Taiwan-based group.
- The arrests follow Beijing's 2020 national security law criminalizing secession, subversion, terrorism, and foreign collusion to restore order after 2019 protests.
- Officers seized electronic devices, a letter urging US intervention to rescue political prisoners, flags promoting Hong Kong and other regional independence, and evidence of foreign solicitation and military training plans.
- Chief Superintendent Steve Li stated that suspects designed flags, planned foreign support solicitation, and intended to provide military training, with subversion punishable by life imprisonment.
- The arrests imply ongoing enforcement of the national security law targeting Hong Kong independence activism, with critics warning about curtailed freedoms and overseas jurisdiction claims.
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