HONG KONG (Reuters): A former leader of Hong Kong pro-independence group Studentlocalism was charged on Thursday (Oct 29) with secession, money laundering and conspiracy to publish seditious material, the latest person to be targeted under a new national security law.
Tony Chung, 19, who was denied bail, was arrested on Tuesday under the contentious legislation that punishes what Beijing broadly defines as secession, sedition, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in jail.
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