FILE PHOTO: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong addresses the crowds outside the Legislative Council during a demonstration demanding Hong Kong's leaders step down and withdraw the extradition bill, in Hong Kong, China June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo To match Special Report HONGKONG-PROTESTS/PROTESTERS
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested a number of prominent pro-democracy activists including Joshua Wong and three lawmakers on Friday, seeking to rein in protests that have plunged the city into its worst political crisis for decades.
Wong, who was one of the leaders of the pro-democracy "Umbrella" movement five years ago, is the most prominent activist to be arrested since protests escalated in mid-June over fears China is exerting greater control over the city and squeezing its freedoms.
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