Former Secretary-General of Hong Kong Demosisto and sentenced to 56 months imprisonment in the case of the primary election for pro-democracy candidates, Joshua Wong, was rearrested by the police today (June 6) in prison. Police accused him of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law and charged him with “colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security.”
The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force announced that a 28-year-old man was arrested earlier today in Stanley Prison on suspicion of violating the National Security Law for “colluding with foreign or external forces to endanger national security” and the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance for “dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offense.”
According to reports from Epoch Times Hong Kong, the arrested man is former Secretary-General of Demosisto, Joshua Wong.
At the end of last year, Joshua Wong was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for “conspiracy to subvert state power” under the Hong Kong National Security Law and is currently serving his sentence.
It is reported that this afternoon at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court, Joshua Wong was charged with conspiring in Hong Kong between July 1 and November 23, 2020 with former Demosisto founding chairman Nathan Law and others to request foreign or external institutions, organizations, individuals to “impose sanctions, blockades, or take other hostile actions against Hong Kong or China.”
Prior to the enactment of the Hong Kong National Security Law in July 2020, Nathan Law had already left Hong Kong and is currently in exile in the United Kingdom.
Chief Magistrate So Wai-tak, at the request of the prosecution, postponed Wong’s case to August 8 for further investigation by the police.
Wong appeared in court wearing a black T-shirt for the hearing, and the court session lasted less than 3 minutes. He waved to the public gallery as he left the courtroom.