HONG KONG – Two prominent Hong Kong opposition lawmakers were arrested on Wednesday in a police operation focused on last year’s huge anti-government protests, the latest move in a widening crackdown against the city’s democracy camp.
Lam Cheuk-ting and Ted Hui were detained after raids on their homes early Wednesday morning.
Both are minority pro-democracy lawmakers in the city’s partially elected legislature and vocal critics of both Beijing and the Hong Kong government.
Lam was also charged with “conspiring to damage property and obstruction of justice outside Tuen Mun police station on 6 July last year.”
Hui’s office, meanwhile, released video footage of his arrest where officers said they were charging him with attempted obstruction of justice, access to a computer with criminal or dishonest intent and criminal damage. (AFP)
