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Dozens of Hong Kong opposition politicians, activists arrested for allegedly violating national security law

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Hong Kong, Jan 6 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong's police on Wednesday arrested several pro-democracy lawmakers and and dozens of other politicians and activists for their alleged violation of the contentious national security law, public broadcaster RHTK reported.Many of the opposition politicians, including several former lawmakers, were arrested for their participation in primaries in July ahead of the September legislative elections, which were finally postponed by the authorities on the pretext of the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE MA ON SHAN POLICE STATION, HONG KONG, CHINA; THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, NATIONAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT, LI KWAI-WAH, SPEAKS DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE WANCHAI POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN HONG KONG, CHINA AND PRESS AS WELL AS POLICE WAIT OUTSIDE THE BUILDING WHERE US LAWYER JOHN CLANCEY WORKS IN HONG KONG, CHINA.

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