• The Hong Kong crackdown begins: Police make first arrest under new security law

    The Hong Kong crackdown begins: Police make first arrest under new security law

    Hong Kong police today made their first arrest under a landmark new security law giving Beijing draconian powers to punish dissent in the city.  A man with a ‘Hong Kong Independence’ flag was arrested in Causeway Bay hours after the law came into force and 23 years to the day since Britain returned the former …