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Canadian Singer and Activist Denise Ho Among Group Arrested in Hong Kong: Report

Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 2:47 am
by claireokc
Canadian singer and activist Denise Ho is one of at least four people who have been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger China’s national security, reports said Wednesday. U.K.-based human rights group Hong Kong Watch said Ho was detained by Hong Kong’s National Security Police, along with Cardinal Joseph Zen, lawyer Margaret Ng and scholar Hui Po-keung. The rights group says the arrests are apparently related to their roles as trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which provided legal aid to people who took part in 2019 pro-democracy protests that were quashed by security forces. ...

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/canadian- ... 61254.html