Hong Kong police arrest four under new security law

Reporters take pictures and video of a police vehicle driving inside a station where believed members of Hong Kong pro-independence group arrested by the national security unit are being held in Hong Kong, on July 29, 2020.- Reuters

HONG KONG (Reuters): Hong Kong police have arrested four people aged 16-21 for suspected offences under the city's new national security law, the first such detentions outside of street protests since the legislation took effect a month ago.

In a press conference shortly before midnight on Wednesday (July 29), a police spokesman said the three men and a woman, all students, were suspected of being involved in an online group that pledged to use every means to fight for an independent Hong Kong.