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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been arrested on suspicion of “participating in an unauthorized assembly on 5Oct last year”.
Wong was arrested around 1pm when he was reporting to the Central Police Station.
the news was reported through his official Twitter account that read: “#BREAKING Joshua is arrested when reporting to Central Police Station at about 1pm today. The arrest is related to participating in an unauthorized assembly on 5Oct last year. He is told to have violated the draconian anti-mask law as well.”
#BREAKING Joshua is arrested when reporting to Central Police Station at about 1pm today. The arrest is related to participating in an unauthorized assembly on 5Oct last year. He is told to have violated the draconian anti-mask law as well.
— Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 (@joshuawongcf) September 24, 2020
The 23-year-old pro-democracy figure was arrested after a Hong Kong court rejected Wong’s challenge of the 2019 election disqualification. The court rejected it on procedural grounds.
He was the only candidate in the district council elections to be disqualified last year, and the authorities claimed his candidacy contravened electoral laws that bar “advocating or promoting self-determination” for the former British colony.
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