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Hong Kong police target high-profile activists Joshua Wong, Andy Chan and Agnes Chow in wave of arrests amid anti-government protests
- Wong and fellow pro-democracy figurehead Agnes Chow held on Friday on suspicion of unlawful assembly
- Independence activist Andy Chan arrested on Thursday night on suspicion of rioting and assaulting a police officer
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong Chi-fung and Agnes Chow Ting were arrested on Friday for their involvement in an unlawful assembly, police have announced.
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Wong was arrested on three charges of organising, inciting and taking part in an illegal assembly during a siege of police headquarters on June 21. Chow was detained on charges of inciting and taking part in the same illegal assembly.
Sha Tin District Council member Rick Hui Yui-yu was also arrested, in Kwun Tong on Friday morning, according to his assistant, surnamed Tsang. Police said Hui, 31, was arrested on suspicion of obstructing officers in the execution of their duty in relation to the July 14 clashes at New Town Plaza shopping mall in Sha Tin.
Police also arrested independence campaigner Andy Chan Ho-tin on Thursday night on suspicion of rioting and assaulting a police officer during a Sheung Shui protest against parallel traders. He was stopped from boarding a plane leaving for Tokyo at Hong Kong airport.
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Wong and Chow were key figures during the Occupy protests of 2014 while Chan, also an Occupy activist, led the banned Hong Kong National Party. Their arrests come on the eve of a proposed mass protest that has been banned by police.
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