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Hong Kong Hong Kong police Thursday arrested an opposition politician under a colonial-era sedition law for allegedly sharing the identity of an officer who fired a baton round that blinded a journalist during protests last year.
Police said they arrested 60-year-old Cheng Lai-king on suspicion of “action with seditious intention”.
“Someone posted speech that advocates violence and incites hatred,” spokesman Superintendent Swalikh Mohammed said, adding that personal information on an officer and his family members was “illegally distributed”.
Democratic Party district councillor Cheng, 60, shared a Facebook post which gave details of a policeman suspected to have fired the baton round that blinded a journalist during the anti-government demonstrations.
“If the police officer has a conscience, please turn yourself in. An eye for an eye,” Cheng wrote in her repost. (AFP)
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