Dozens of leading Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners charged with subversion

Pro-democracy activist Benny Tai speaking to the press after arriving at Ma On Shan police station in Hong Kong, China on Feb 28. – A + A HONG KONG (Feb 28): Forty-seven Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners and activists were charged on Sunday with conspiracy to commit subversion in the largest single crackdown on the opposition under a China-imposed national security law. Among them was Sam Cheung, a 27-year-old activist and a participant in an unofficial primary election last summer, who was charged after reporting to a local police station. “Hong Kongers have a really tough time these days,” he told…