Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu arrested ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics protest
The Hindu
In an invite Koo had stated that China had pressed on with the Beijing Winter Games while ignoring “unjust” cases of imprisonment in Hong Kong.
A veteran Hong Kong activist was arrested on February 4, days after he announced plans to protest the Beijing Winter Olympics outside government offices in the city, according to local media.
The activist, Koo Sze-yiu, was arrested in the early morning at his home under a , according to local newspaper South China Morning Post.
Earlier this week, Koo had sent a media announcement inviting coverage of a petition he planned to present on Friday at 10 a.m. in front of China’s Liaison Office – the agency which represents the Chinese government in the nominally semi-autonomous enclave.
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