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1 Jul, 5 tweets, 3 min read
HKFP_Live: Pro-democracy activists are being searched in Mong Kok as police try to thwart gatherings on the July 1 Handover anniversary.
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Convenor of Student Politicism Wong Yat-chin was searched by police on Soy Street in Mong Kok, just before the student activist group was set to open a street booth. ImageImage
Update: Wong and two others have been taken away by police. ImageImageImageImage
Wong Yat-chin and two other members of Student Politicism were standing behind the police cordon holding a pile of small placards with a line that read "resolutely defend this city." They were escorted onto a police vehicle which drove away along Nathan Road.
Police have stopped four people outside Langham Place in Mong Kok. One of them is the spokesperson of Student Politicism Alice Wong. ImageImageImage

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