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Hong Kong national security law: police warn restaurant over anti-government posters

  • Officers warn owners of Bowl and Plate in Shau Kei Wan over materials that could violate the national security law
  • Japanese restaurant Hungry Dino, several others also remove posters to avoid falling foul of new legislation

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A cafe in Tsim Sha Tsui displays anti-government posters. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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Some restaurants that sympathised with Hong Kong’s protests last year have removed posters and Post-it notes critical of the administration, with one claiming to have been warned by police on Thursday that the materials would go against the new national security law.
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A restaurant in Shau Kei Wan, Bowl and Plate, said four uniformed police turned up at its doors on Thursday morning, saying they received reports about materials posted there that could violate the sweeping new legislation Beijing had imposed on Hong Kong to protect national security.

Officials have not made clear whether displaying anti-government posters and materials would lead to arrests, but police on Wednesday arrested 10 people taking part in the annual July 1 rally for violating the new law.

Shops are now removing anti-government posters to avoid falling foul of the new national security law. Photo: Dickson Lee
Shops are now removing anti-government posters to avoid falling foul of the new national security law. Photo: Dickson Lee

At least six of them were in possession of flags and fliers that advocated Hong Kong independence.

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Civic Party member Gordon Lam Sui-wa helped the restaurant’s owners to take down the posters.

“Police said this restaurant is a public place when it is open for business,” Lam said.

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