Hong Kong Arrests Two Pro-Democracy Lawmakers in Relation to 2019 Protests


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Hong Kong police have arrested two opposition lawmakers in relation to anti-government protests in July last year. Police confirmed Democratic Party lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting and his colleague Ted Hui were among at least 10 people arrested. Lam was arrested on suspicion of rioting on July 21, last year, when pro-democracy protests erupted across the Chinese-ruled city, his party's Facebook page said, Reuters reported. During the unrest that day, protesters in the city's downtown area threw black paint at the Hong Kong Liaison Office, China's top representative body, while in the Yuen Long district near the mainland border, a mob of...