Hong Kong police arrest four members of a university student union on accusations of 'advocating terrorism' as they paid tribute to an attacker who stabbed a police officer and then killed himself
Posters are seen outside the Hong Kong University Students' Union office at the Hong Kong University in Hong Kong, China, May 2, 2021. police says four students have been arrested for "advocating terrorism" after their student union passed a motion last month mourning the death of a 50-year-old who stabbed a policeman before killing himself.
Shortly after the attack, a few dozen members of the Hong Kong University student union passed a motion, since withdrawn, to commemorate the 50-year-old's death and "appreciate" his "sacrifice."The union's campus office has since been raided by national security police and the university has severed ties with the union and banned about 30 students who signed the motion from entering its premises.
Since the law was introduced, the government's most prominent opponents have been jailed or fled abroad. Critics say the legislation has crushed the city's wide-ranging rights and freedoms, while supporters say it has restored stability.
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