Hong Kong’s security chiefs have ramped up warnings against the spread of “pro-independence propaganda” and “fake news” in response to media coverage of events marking National Security Education Day, and said police would make arrests where there was evidence the law had been broken.
Commissioner of Police Chris Tang Ping-keung and senior ministers waded into a row on Friday over children handling weapons at official events promoting the national security law, and the involvement of youngsters in a police college activity said to resemble one of the most controversial episodes of the 2019 anti-government protests.
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