Thread by @TMclaughlin3

Early morning arrests being carried out in Hong Kong. At least three former LegCo members from the Democratic Party, including Lam Cheuk-ting have been arrested by national security forces. As always, expect this number to grow.

https://twitter.com/hkdemocrats/status/1346586358018502657

Details in English:

https://twitter.com/hkdemocrats/status/1346587436940365825

According to @lokinhei Au Nok Hin, Tiffany Yuen, Fergus Leung, Alvin Yeung, Ventus Lau and Gary Fan have also been arrested. Arrests appear to be related to participation in the pro-democracy primary elections in July. Looks to be a mass round up.

These arrests appear to be for subversion, an offense covered under the very broad national security law, which I don’t believe we have seen used in the past.

According to @HKGlobalConnect the lis of arrested now stands at 11: James To, Andrew Wan, Lam Cheuk Ting, Au Nok Hin, Tiffany Yuen, Fergus Leung, Alvin Yeung, Ventus Lau, Gary Fan, Gwyneth Ho and Lester Shum. Again, expect this list to only grow.

Reports that Eddie Chu, Owen Chow and Alvin Yeung have also been arrested.

What about Joshua Wong, who is already in jail?

Confirmation from Eddie Chu:

https://twitter.com/chuhoidick/status/1346592982925934592

TVB reporting more than three dozen (!) arrests this morning.

Remember Carrie Lam was pretty pointed in her comments about the primary being a possible NSL violation, but easy to forget as so much has happened since then: news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…

Wrote last year for @WIRED about the primaries and that they were "a form of protest as powerful as taking to the streets." Today, Owen Chow, Gwyneth Ho and Prince Wong, three pro-democracy activists profiled in the piece, were all arrested: wired.com/story/hong-kon…

Reports that @Robert_TY_CHUNG pollster for PORI has been arrested. Chung tweeted two days ago he had just been named VP of World Association for Public Opinion Research and part-time lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Local reports say 50 or more arrested, stunning.

Home of Joshua Wong, currently serving more than a year in jail, searched by police as well:

https://twitter.com/joshuawongcf/status/1346617294567464961?s=20

Ventus Lau arrested by plainclothes police, one of which is carrying a bettering ram:

https://twitter.com/HKCATeam/status/1346621103737720832?s=20

Appears police are at the offices of StandNews in Hong Kong as well.

Reports that Mike Lam has been arrested. Lam is the co-owner, with his wife, of Aboutthai. The Bangkok Post profiled the very successful Hong Kong chain last year: bangkokpost.com/business/18558…

Finally, for now, reports that Apple Daily and inmediahknet have also been visited by police this morning. Certainly more developments to follow. Apologies for any typos or small errors in the thread, it's a lot of news coming in at once.

Assistant to former lawmaker Ray Chan (@ray_slowbeat) tells me Chan was also arrested this morning.

Jesus, this story from @Transit_Jam on Lee Yin-man, reportedly arrested in the sweep despite losing badly in the pro-dem primaries, who advocated for greater accessibility after struggling to transport his late, severely disabled daughter around Hong Kong: transitjam.com/2020/07/10/dau…

Lee: “Every building or housing estate should have a decent bus stop for wheelchair users. When the weather is bad, especially in the rain, wheelchair users always find it hard to get onto the vehicle." What a dangerous radical.

As of last month, you could still catch a Fergus Leung mini bus in Kennedy Town. Leung is reportedly one of 50 odd pro-democracy figures arrested this AM.