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Martin Lee, founder of @HKDemocrats and HK's no 1 senior counsel, is the first to be released on bail.

Lee said he had no regret and felt relieved to be arrested as so many young people were taken by the force in the past few months.

He will be mentioned in court on 5/18. Image
@HKDemocrats veteran Sin Chung-kai was also released on bail, pending court mention on May 18.

Meanwhile #JimmyLai has been sent from Kowloon City Police Station to Kowloon West Regional Headquarters. Image
Labour Party's Lee Cheuk-yan and League of Social Democrats' Raphael Wong are released on bail. Image
Arrest sheets of Lee Cheuk-yan showed that the allegation of “organising and participating in unauthorised rally on August 18” implicated Lee, Jimmy Lai, Margaret Ng, Leung Kwok-hung, Cyd Ho, Albert Ho, Leung Yiu-chung, Martin Lee and Au Nok-hin . ImageImage
The allegation of “organizing and participating in unauthorised rally on October 1” implicated Lee Cheuk-yan, Figo Chan, Leung Kwok-hung, Albert Ho, Yeung Sum, Cyd Ho, Avery Ng, Jimmy Lai, Sin Chung-kai and Richard Tsoi. ImageImage
#JimmyLai is released on bail. He left Kowloon City Police Station without making any comment. Image
Yeung Sum and Albert Ho of @HKDemocrats were bailed out earlier this evening.

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Margaret Ng is bailed out!
Ng said it was her first time to be arrested in 72 years of life, and whether the Public Order Ordinance is reasonable and up to human rights standards needs more discussions.
She called on people to use voluntary legal services if arrested. Image
"When the rule of law is in a crisis, shall we walk out or fight on? This is the most difficult struggle for us the legal sector. We must stand fast to fight for human rights and freedom no matter how frustrated we may feel," Margaret Ng said. Image
Margaret Ng said she didn't deliberately bring the book China's National Security into the police station to preach rule of law, "who would want to listen?" she laughed. She said she happened to be doing some homework on national security legislation in Hong Kong when police came Image
Labour Party's Cyd Ho is released on bail from Aberdeen Police Station. Image
Avery Ng of the League of Social Democrats was bailed out about an hour ago. The first thing he said in front of the camera was: "Wait, let me sort this out first, how many were arrested?" (15) "15? Insane.” Image
Longhair Leung Kwok-hung is bailed out. Image
As @chrf_hk’s Figo Chan and @HKDemocrats’s Richard Tsoi we’re bailed out earlier tonight, Leung Yiu-chung remains the last of the 15 to be bailed. Leung was arrested about 4 hours ago after LegCo closed for the day. ImageImage

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The confidential work of national security committee was again revealed in court.

The court was shown two “judgement and decision” by NSC during the legislative exercise of the #Article23 security law which in general said the bill and the amendments were necessary…
…and the HK gov table them at the legislature. The prosecution confirmed that the documents were not available to the legislators and were revealed under special authorisation from the gov to assist the court in today’s proceeding.
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Tsui Hon-Kwong, veteran member of disbanded #HongKongAlliance - the group who hosted candlelight vigil for #June4 for three decades in HK, was taken away by police. He kept upholding his candle for #TiananmenMothers until police shut the door.
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At a point people were lined up to wait for police search.
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