Hong Kong Police Arrest Two for Sedition Amid Ongoing National Security Investigation

Police National Security Department arrests one man and one woman

The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force conducted an enforcement operation yesterday (August 30) in Kowloon and the New Territories and arrested a man and a woman, aged 41 and 28 respectively, for being suspected of "doing with a seditious intention an act or acts that had a seditious intention", contravening Section 24 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. Police conducted searches at the arrested persons’ residences with a court warrant, where light boxes, materials for making light boxes and relevant electronic communication devices were seized. The arrested persons are now being detained for investigation.

Investigation revealed that the arrested woman was suspected of publishing fraudulent “last words” of the deceased in relation to a recent suicide case, while the arrested man was suspected of persistently placing so-called “memorial light boxes” in various places, with contents provoking hatred towards the Central Authorities and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The enforcement action is still on-going. Police remind the public that "doing with a seditious intention an act or acts that had a seditious intention" is a serious offence. Offenders shall be liable on first conviction to imprisonment for seven years. Members of the public are urged not to defy the law.

Murder and suicide in Sau Mau Ping

Police are investigating a murder and suicide case happened in Sau Mau Ping yesterday (May 6) in which a man and woman died.

At 4.18pm yesterday, Police received a report from a female that her elder brother suspectedly attempted to commit suicide inside a unit in Po Tat Estate.

Police officers sped to the scene and found the 77-year-old man hanging from a cord inside the kitchen, and a 71-year-old woman lying unconscious inside a bedroom, sustaining injuries to her face, neck and hands. They were certified dead at scene.

Initial investigations revealed that the man had allegedly committed suicide after assaulting the woman with a blunt object and bare hands inside the unit. The case was classified as murder and suicide.

Post-mortem examinations will be conducted later to ascertain the cause of death of the deceased.

Active investigation by the District Crime Squad of Sau Mau Ping District is underway.

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