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HONG KONG—An American lawyer and human-rights activist was among the dozens of pro-democracy figures arrested on allegations of subversion by Hong Kong police on Wednesday, the first U.S. citizen known to be apprehended under the city’s national security law. John Clancey, who is in his 70s, was arrested and then taken to the offices of the law firm where he worked by about a dozen police, who searched his personal office before escorting him away, said the firm’s founder, Albert Ho, a veteran pro-democracy leader in the city. Mr. Ho said he understood the arrest was due to Mr. Clancey’s...
