Hong Kong makes first security law arrests as thousands defy protest ban
By AFP
02 July 2020 |
11:09 am
Hong Kong police arrested more than 300 people -- including ten under China's new national security law -- as thousands defied a ban on protests on the anniversary of the city's handover to China.
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