More pro-democracy arrests in Hong Kong


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Ray Chan being taken out of Hong Kong's legislative council - AAP 1 of 1 5370537724001 Hong Kong police have arrested three former opposition politicians for disrupting legislative meetings earlier this year, as concerns grow over a crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement. Posts on the Facebook accounts of Ted Hui, Eddie Chu and Raymond Chan said they were arrested in relation to incidents in which they splashed pungent liquids in the legislative chamber. The three former lawmakers disrupted meetings debating the now-approved National Anthem ordinance, which criminalises any insult to or abuse of the Chinese national anthem. On May...