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Hong Kong Police Make First Arrests Under New Beijing-Imposed Security Law

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   Hong Kong police made their first arrests Wednesday under a new
   national security law imposed by China's central government.

   A man and a woman holding Hong Kong independence signs were arrested in
   two separate incidents hours after the new law took effect.

   And at least 70 people who were part of a large protest group that had
   gathered in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay were arrested after riot police
   fired water cannon and pepper spray to break up the crowd. Police said
   the participants were charged with unlawful assembly to violation of
   the new national security law.

   The law took effect on the 23rd anniversary of Britain's handover of
   Hong Kong to Beijing. City authorities had banned the annual rally
   marking the anniversary of the handover, citing risks of the
   coronavirus pandemic.

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