Two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers among 16 arrested over Yuen Long attack and Tuen Mun protest

Two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers among 16 arrested over Yuen Long attack and Tuen Mun protest

Police arrested two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers on August 26, 2020 over the city’s anti-government protests in 2019. Officers detained 16 people, including Democratic Party’s Lam Cheuk-ting and Ted Hui Chi-fung. Lam was arrested on suspicion of rioting in relation to the Yuen Long incident on July 21, 2019, in which a mob beat pro-democracy protesters and bystanders with rods at Yuen Long MTR station. Lam and Hui were also arrested over a rally in Tuen Mun Park on July 6, 2019, in which…

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