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Hong Kong Democracy Demonstrators Arrested

A Day Ahead Of Planned March
August 29, 2019 · 10:28 PM ET

EMILY FENG

Joshua Wang speaks to protesters outside of police headquarters in Hong Kong on June 21.
Ann Wang/REUTERS

Some activists in Hong Kong were arrested Friday, the day before a planned pro-
democracy march.

The group Demosisto said Agnes Chow and its secretary general Joshua Wong were
arrested early Friday morning and taken to police headquarters. Police have not
announced charges.

Demosisto members said Joshua Wong was walking to a metro station when police
pushed him into a minivan.

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Both Wong and Chow took part in the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement,
which fizzled after more than two and a half months but which partly inspired the
more than four months of pro-democracy protests which have engulfed the city this
year.

A Hong Kong police spokesperson said Andy Chan, another Umbrella Movement
leader, was detained at the Hong Kong airport en route to Japan Thursday night. It is
unclear if he is still in police custody.

This story will be updated.

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