Hong Kong protests: Joshua Wong and other pro-democracy figures arrested

Several prominent pro-democracy figures have been arrested in Hong Kong in an apparent crackdown on protests that have plunged the city into its worst political crisis in decades. The democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, former student leaders of pro-democracy protests in 2014, were arrested on Friday and Andy Chan, head of a now banned pro-independence party, was detained by police on Thursday.

The arrests come before a rally planned for Saturday that has now been called off out of concern that police will arrest participants en masse. On an online forum, some have called for demonstrators to come out anyway. Many expect the arrests will only generate more public anger and clashes with police in the days ahead.

On Friday morning, Wong was bundled into a van on the street while he was talking to a subway station, according to Wong and Chow’s political organisation, Demosisto. Chow was arrested at home, while Chan, in a separate incident, was detained at Hong Kong airport. Chow and Wong were arrested on suspicion of participating and inciting others to participate in an unauthorised assembly during protests outside police headquarters on 21 June. Wong has also been accused of organising an unlawful assembly... read more:

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