HONG KONG, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, an instigator of the Hong Kong riots, and nine other people were arrested Monday, with some of them suspected of breaching the national security law in Hong Kong, according to Hong Kong police and local media.
Of the 10 suspects aged from 23 to 72, six were arrested on suspicion of collusion with foreign forces or external elements to endanger national security and some others were suspected of conspiracy to commit fraud, the police said.
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