is the fight for freedom in hong kong lost? professor chan, in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. pleasure to be here. professor chan, right now in hong kong, is it possible to operate as a pro—democracy political activist? it is increasingly difficult because of the introduction of the national security law and the arbitrary implementation of the law that we have seen so far. so, a lot of people are very concerned. i would say we increasingly succumbed to a feeling of helplessness and pervasive fear, as well. so, it's become harderfor me, for example, to reach out to talk freely with people. i attended a small discussion just a couple of evenings ago with a small group of local activists. we had to put away our phones. we were very concerned about the meeting itself, although there was nothing really special that we would like to talk about, just about sharing feelings. so, i think that's a kind of a concern that a lot of people, notjust in hong kong but all over the world, will have about hong kong's future and its fight for democracy. you talk about fear.

scenario hong kong situation where h.s.b.c. for example. will reportedly and i stress reportedly freezing the accounts of pro-democracy supporters in hong kong i mean given that it given his financial backstory that's a no no anyway but clearly if it's if it's true that means the beijing government can just do it flick a switch and then nobody has any money well it depends on how they're acting legally i'm a lawyer i was prosecutor if they have evidence and they are able to show that the people they want these accounts seized are somehow terrorists are often serviced a separatist movement they can do that we do that in the us it's done in europe it's done all of the world it's not wrong because beijing does it as long as it's legal i don't know as you said it's rumors h.s.b.c. i would agree with you as extremely troubled. and we don't need to go into that there but let me be clear you know we're talking about this very rationally and calmly here but i think you know people need to go back and take a look at pictures of the prot

well i mean the people of hong kong. the fundamental issue is that of course the biggest thing that the sovereignty of hong kong was decided in 1907 i guess i mean before 97 it was under british control after 1007 back with chinese control with captain beijing so the big issue is resolved and it means that you're sort of dealing with tactics to kind of how about how the outcome eventually of this will be for hong kong with another big issue which is you know in 2047 the one country 2 systems kind of comes to an end even though it looks like it's already come to an end so that's a very very tough context to try to do anything i mean your if your protest in hong kong you you know you have to kind of work out what is realistic and what you're going to get the international community support for the international community doesn't support independence of the whole call the international community does support you know the defense of particular rights and freedoms that they believe were promised in 1971 counties but there's g

and hong kong residents faced down the police. michelle and sanford had never seen their home in such a state. as the movement wound down, michelle returned to hong kong for the first time in a while. but she recalls feeling an indescribable discomfort. >> this is the city of taipei, taiwan's most important city. many immigrants from hong kong are now living in suburbs around the city. although some elderly people in rural areas only speak taiwanese, mandarin is also spoken the city, making it easy for immigrants to live here. taipei also has many shops run by hongkongers. >> the memorial hall has a statue of the former leader on display. after a conflict, the party retreated to taiwan. for decades the nationalist party ledy chiang kai-shek governed with a one-party rule. taiwan's first direct election was held in 1996, realizing the democracy that citizens had long hoped for. one hour's drive from taipei is a small restaurant run by a family from hong kong. the family had believed that beijing would maintain the one-country two-s

targeted officials in hong kong the u.s. has already imposed targeted sanctions as a result of these arrests it doesn't get much more serious than that and what you are calling for is just a clarification you. know let me respond. to rest and everybody is out on bail secondly the government the secretary for justice not human stop prostituting anyone let alone that it may end up going to a court order not to be convicted or acquitted so this is simply the very 1st step they are arrested on the basis of of suspicion or volley article $22.00 of the national security wall people going to arrested and they are all released on bail on the basis of suspicion of. the national security law now let me assure. every country in the world the most democratic of the democracies police arrest people no arrest people and eventually they are all off the hook and prosecution don't move don't move in their own government lose face or if the prosecutor comes in and they lose all these cases in court also the government would lose face this is

probation member of hong kong's legislative council and deputy and china's national people's congress he says the log needs clarification so why does he still support . michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you. hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests $53.00 pro-democracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new national security law the move has been condemned by the world's leading democracy has rights groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition. well i do think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic certainly the massive arrests that happened earlier this year is about a primary being held last year it involving 5060 people who participated in the primaries in preparation for last year's election ok so so for the reasons of brother or sister the primary involves a lot of candidates whose election platform. avali. article $22.00 of the national security law which is to paralyze

targeted officials in hong kong the u.s. has already imposed targeted sanctions as a result of these arrests it doesn't get much more serious than that and what you are calling for is just clarification you. know let me respond. they make all these arrests and everybody is out on bail secondly the government the secretary for justice and not human stop prosecuting anyone let alone that it may end up going to a court order not to be convicted or acquitted so this is simply the very 1st step they are arrested on the basis of suspicion all violating $22.00 of the national security wall people going to arrested and they are all released on bail on the basis of suspicion of. the national security law now let me assure. every country in the world the most democratic of the democracies police arrest people no arrest people and eventually they are all off the hook and prostitution don't move don't move in government lose face or if the prosecutor comes in and they lose all these cases in court also the government would lose face thi

reporting on hong kong should have a very deep and gauge and the fate of hong kong i hope that people can see that we care. what will happen in 123 or 4 years are they going to shut us down are they going to take away our newspaper registration will we see over censorship in hong kong. after 14 years this is home to me. i think it's yeah it's a city worth fighting for. i'm probably the most pessimistic person in the room but i guess the good thing about hong kong has a very vibrant civil society but never the government does something there is a big response. when the public's more informed about what's happening in the world and they can make more informed decisions about how they want to they run the government. press freedom is you know important to take the end. of the carding freedoms. the british iraqi journalist who's the. lies in complex statistics and a simple. i think your post is a summary sites of opportunities to break apart from those systems and to collect data in a way that they so represents the different community challenging mainstream misconceptions the pie creates

kong talk to one of those arrested. every day was cyrus loud returns from his jarvis in there as he recalls the shocking moments of his 1st arrest. and then went on with the car it was 5 am in the morning i was sleeping and suddenly a group of people banged on the door 6 police officers were here to arrest me i was very shocked that we knew where i live you must have been following me for quite a while and that. the services cyrano as has been living in a hotel for months to avoid spraying the coronavirus home from the hospital cyrus lau was among the 55 hong kong politicians arrested for suppression by running into a love for show primary last july 30th cleped they sought to paralyze the government by the towing is budget and bills. police seized many of his campaign materials holsters and live less and they are seen as potential criminal evidence so i'm trying back i know it's like a double whammy my work during the pandemic has already been intense and overwhelming and i can't even let my guard down when i'm off duty

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us saying the law was eroding hong kong's people hong kong's fundamental rights and liberties and you your answer to that is well nothing's perfect but the markets are doing well what i'm saying is that hong kong as. a part of china as one country to assist you know they did also it's one country one system now isn't it and. well let me let me finish you can keep interrupting me what i'm saying is that honk on the stability and of course the. law as well because hong kong cannot be for the last you know 126789 months i mean there in the last year hong kong is basically dysfunctional and paralyzed and been airport abroad. people were put down to all use to burn you know on bystanders and a lot of trouble stop no country in the world with allow that and then there's those people would have loved france hermie that they don't feel secure in hong kong any more to do something illegal than the doing something did you think them to warn the people of hong kong would simply sit by and watch their freedoms erode and being eroded by beijing and not do anything about it. did you really think th

officials in hong kong the u.s. has already imposed targeted sanctions as a result of these arrests it doesn't get much more serious than that and what you are calling for is just a clarification you. know let me respond. they make all these arrests and everybody is out on bail secondly the government the secretary for justice and not human stop prosecuting anyone let alone that it may end up going to a court order not to be convicted or acquitted so this is simply the very 1st step they are arrested on the basis of a special all violating and the code $22.00 of the national security wall people going to arrested and they are all released on bail on the basis of suspicion of while eating the national security law now let me assure. every country in the world the most democratic of the democracies police arrest people know if they are arrest people and eventually they are all off the hook and prosecution don't move don't move in their own government lose face or if the prosecutor comes in and they lose all these case

and hong kong hold dear. the plans were announced in july in response to chinese legislation giving beijing greater powers over hong kong subsequent riots in the region over the last led to dozens of arrests on an accuse beijing of breaching its pledge in hong kong 1997 handover to maintain key liberties and autonomy for 50 years britain argues it has a moral duty to protect its former subjects. we go live now to international relations expert and professor at china's university of actor gary how much of this moral duty does britain have to protect its former colony or is this just meddling in china's internal affairs as they say i think what the british government is saying now is really high level of hypocrisy because 1st of all hong kong is completely chinese territory china has absolutely unconditional sovereignty over hong kong and what happened in hong kong in 20192020 in terms of occupying the legislative house attacks on innocent people run some firing for example arson it's utter were very similar to

and joining us now from hong kong is our correspondent phoebe kong phoebe greetings i'm curious about just how significant this move is what kind of impact is it likely to have on hong kong or. well the. later situation in context we have to notice that most of the hong kong the citizens they actually have 2 passports one of them is issued by the home for a ts which is the home passport and the other one is sufficient snatch the overseas hospitals you mention in the report is the legacy of the colonial rude a nearly 3000000 people making it nearly half of the population holding this hospital so reality even though beijing and hong kong governments now stop paying to recognize the british national overseas possible arrest and can still use the whole home passport and other hong kong identification documents to the parts of the torah tree but in the broadest sense that beijing is trying to send a message if not an alert to home residents who are considering to moving to move to the u.k. if there would have been just national overseas possible citizenship scheme that beijing city there i

us saying the law was eroding hong kong people hong kong's fundamental rights and liberties and you your answer to that is well nothing's perfect but the markets are doing well well what i'm saying is that hong kong as. a part of china as one country to assist you know they need to also it's one country one system now isn't it and well let me let me finish you keep interrupting me what i'm saying is that hong kong needs stability and of course. law as well because hong kong cannot be for the last 60. my mind's i mean there in the last year hong kong is basically dysfunctional and paralyzed and to be in airport abroad. people were put on the all you to burn you know bystanders and a lot of trouble stop no country in the world with allow that and there's no people would have loved france hermie that they don't feel secure in hong kong any more to go cycling than that doing something do you think down to one the people of hong kong would simply sit by and watch their freedoms erode and being eroded by beijing and not do anything about it. if you really think that then why don't you miscalcu

he conquered porting for us from hong kong thank you so much. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news this hour a world health organization team investigating the origins of code of 19 has visited a market in china with the corona virus was 1st detected the seafood market has been shuttered for a year and the visit took place amid tight security. 8 afghan security personnel have been killed in an attack claimed by the taliban militant group the suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into an army base the u.s. says the taliban are not sticking to commitments agreed under a peace deal. tens of thousands of people have joined protests against a proposed new security law in france police clashed with demonstrators in the capital paris the legislation would criminalize so-called malicious publication of photographs of police officers civil rights campaigners and journalists want the measure of to be scrapped. police and protesters face off in the heart of paris. scuffles broke out during fresh demonstrations agai

and hope for hong kong citizens unwilling to live under chinese rule. citizenship london says it has a moral duty to help the people of hong kong. thanks for joining us we start in russia where human rights activists say nearly 5000 people have been arrested at nationwide protests in support of jailed opposition leader alexei his wife has also been detained taken into custody as she attended a protest in the capital moscow it's a 2nd consecutive weekend tens of thousands. across russia to demand be freed the. reports from opposition stronghold st petersburg. in week 2 of the opposition's challenge to vladimir putin thousands have gathered again in the center of st petersburg as they are again demonstrating for the release of opposition politician alex enough. i had of the protest of the austerity is called and of many areas of these cities and. for many people here this is the 1st time they have ever attended a protest until recently they didn't care about alex enough ali but his arrest at a moscow airport on return from germany outraged to many russian

been a tightening all we've done to express views when china imposed a national security law on hong kong last year it promised that the principle of one country 2 systems and be basic rights that it enshrines would be upheld but critics point to a rapid erosion of freedom since my guest this week is michael t. probation member of hong kong's legislative council and deputy and china's national people's congress he says the law of needs clarification so why does he still support. michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests 53 pro-democracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new national security law the move has been condemned by the world's leading democracy has rights groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition won't i don't think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic. certainly the massive arrest that happened earlier this year is about a pri

and congar porting for us from hong kong thank you so much. of get a quick check now of some of the other stories making news around the world 8 afghan security personnel have been killed in an attack claimed by the taliban militant group a suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into an army base the u.s. claims the taliban are not sticking to commitments agreed under a peace deal. a world health organization team investigating the origins of covert 19 has visited a market in china where the corona virus was 1st detected the seafood market has been shuttered for a year and the visit took place amid tight security. well here in germany chancer uncle americal has appealed for patients during the coronavirus long down schools shops restaurants and leisure facilities have been closed since december the government has been widely criticized for its slow rollout of vaccinations miracle has called for high level talks with vaccine makers on monday and is urging people to remain vigilant. we're going modes on stone lungs to all of our e

david: that was the hong kong chief executive on the hong kong outlook story. we spoke with one property tycoon earlier and he is feeling optimistic about the future of the city, robbie chin. he told us exclusively that he plans to keep buying luxury residential plots in the city. >> as long as it is in the luxury residential sector i am happy to buy more. the rest of the sectors i am not sure. hong kong has been targeting only this one sector of luxury housing. in the coming decade it could still do well. haslinda: marking this line from hong kong, hong kong listing lucked out at north building at 11:30 a.m. local time. at the stakes are high as india prepares to roll out a new budget. we look ahead to that with laxmi ira -- lahkshmi irey. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: india unveils a high-stakes budget on monday, which will be crucial to see how the government plans to spend its way out of the pandemic. india posted the world's fastest-growing major economy. join us to tell us what markets are looking for is lakshmi iyer head of product at kotak mahindra a

best _ hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to us. best of— hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to us. best of luck - hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to us. best of luck to - hong kong. thank you very much for speaking to us. best of luck to you. | speaking to us. best of luck to you. i hope things work out for you in the uk and they will be a lot of very talented people coming to the uk from hong kong who hopefully will have the opportunity to rebuild lives here although the impact on hong kong itself remains to be seen. thank you very much for talking to us. you are watching bbc news from london. let's give you the latest. it is the early hours of the morning and southeast asia and mem mart we have reports of the arrest and a raids, very early in the morning of the current de facto leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, who spent many years in captivity, she returned in 1988 to the country have a been exiled for many years to try the care for her mother who was gravely ill. she was then detained for years and years and eventually rele

us saying the law was eroding hong kong's people hong kong's fundamental rights and liberties and you your answer to that is well nothing's perfect but the markets are doing well well what i'm saying is that hong kong as. a part of china as one country to assist you know they did that also it's one country one system now isn't it and. well let me let me finish you think keep interrupting me what i'm saying is that hong kong needs stability and of course. law as well because hong kong cannot be for the last 6789 months i mean there in the last year hong kong is basically dysfunctional and it's paralyzed and been airport a bar. people were put on the oil to burn you know on the by standards and the letters goebbels thought no country in the world would allow that and then there's no people would have loved friends tell me that they don't feel security hunger anymore he's also i think you know an advantage doing something good you think going to when the people of hong kong would simply sit by and watch their freedoms erode and being eroded by beijing and not do anything about it. did yo

calling on countries to consider same sions against targeted officials in hong kong the u.s. has already imposed targeted sanctions as a result of these arrests it doesn't get much more serious than that and what you are calling for is just a clarification you. know let me respond. they make all these arrests and everybody is out on bail secondly the government the secretary for justice has not human stop prosecuting anyone let alone that it may end up going to a court order not to be convicted or acquitted so this is simply the very 1st step they are arrested on the basis of a special all violating article $22.00 of the national security wall people going to arrested and they are all released on bail on the basis of suspicion of. the national security law now let me assure. every country in the world the most democratic of the democracies police arrest people no arrest people and eventually they are all off the hook and prosecution don't move don't move in government lose face or if the prosecutor comes in and you lose all these cases in court also the government would lose

and he said the biden heris administration will stand with the people of hong kong. patron thanks agent brown there in hong kong so the arabia and its allies have agreed to restore full diplomatic ties with qatar ending their 3 and a half year blockade of the country and leaders from across the gulf region have signed a declaration calling for solidarity and stability at a summit aimed at resolving the dispute which mother shell has this report. after 3 and a half years of a crisis that threaten the very core of the gulf region g.c.c. leaders have agreed to end divisions and usher in a new era of cooperation the olympic relation is has achieved a settlement of all issues outstanding in a way that is entirely satisfied factory to all nations involved all the countries involved we are extremely pleased with having been able to achieve this very important breakthrough that we believe will contribute very much to the stability security of all our nations in the region and yes all the outstanding. whether it's turning of diplomatic relations flights etc all of that will n

no i would never leave hong kong because what we want to fight in hong kong for the rights of people for democracy and we believe that the people hong kong will not be silenced by this all these ridiculous acts of our wrath and we will continue the fight and. actually we are fighting for democracy and freedom and and this is actually good also for china and why they are trying to suppress us because they are those that pay to ship routine that would not. under the control of what and would not allow and the balance and power in and so side view so as they are now setting out to the people home call whether that promises of high autonomy the promise of some 102 system titles this is joined that creation all of these are being and what we want actually is to what was promised to us ok you know we spoke to an activist a little bit earlier and you call china a dictatorship regime this activist told us that there are essentially no freedoms last under the basic law in hong kong do you agree what is left of those freedoms. actually no one knows what it was left of the freedom because you k

well our upset in hong kong. understand the situation but i think the hong kong also need stability and also order and the law of course and central government of course according to the basic law they have the right for the fans the policy and security of all the countries has a security law and china is no exception so i think that you can say now the hong home the stock market is back and that they are now prepared for the largest i.p.o. in a war or divestment are back to hong kong and. it's got in business is back to normal gradually so i think that people will understand in the long run it's going to be really good for hong kong if we have these. peace and the prosperity and security return back to china or to hong kong of course but of course. there's there's always people more objectives once more accomplished more but it takes time you know in the graduate one british rule hong kong 400 years the never give them any democracy so you can expect that. you know very very so with china of course but i think y

voted broke the law let's get more on this war correspondent adrian brown who's live for us in hong kong and adrian just talk us through the events of wednesday morning. well this police sweep began early on wednesday morning raids were carried out of more than 50 addresses across hong kong the police say more than a 1000 police officers were involved in this operation the biggest mass arrests of activists and former legislators here in hong kong since the new national security law was imposed on this territory on july the 1st they include some of the best known faces in the pro-democracy camp including as you mentioned in your introduction look cham yang who was actually in his home recording as the police knocked on his door he was then taken away after being told he was being held on suspicion of violating the new national security law now in the past few minutes we've heard from the secretary of security here in hong kong john lee he's been justifying the detention saying those detained have been involved in what he called an evil plan to paralyze not just hong kong's parliament but

set in hong kong. understand the situation but i think the hong kong also need stability and also order and a more of course and a central government of course according to the basic law they have the right for defense the policy and security of all the countries has a security law and china is no exception so i think that you can see now the hong home the stock market is back and that they are now prepared for the largest i.p.o. in a war or divestment are back to hong kong and. it's got in business is back to normal gradually so i think that people will understand in the long run it's going to be really good for hong kong if we have these. peace and the prosperity and the security return back to china or to hong kong of course but of course. there's always people more objectives once more accomplished more but it takes time you know in the graduate one british rule hong kong 400 years the never give them any democracy so you can expect that. you know very versed so with china of course but i think you

that in hong kong. while i understand the situation but i think the hong kong also need stability and also order and the law of course and the central government of course according to the basic law they have the right for defense the policy and security of all the countries has a security law and china is no exception so i think that you can see now the hong home the stock market is back and that they are now prepared for the largest i.p.o. in a war the investment of back to hong kong and hong kong is it's got in business is back to normal gradually so i think that people will understand in the long run it's going to be really good for hong kong if we have these. peace and the prosperity and the security return back to china or to hong kong of course but of course. there's always people more objectives once more accomplished more but it takes time you know it will gradually be one british rule hong kong 400 years the never give them any democracy so you can expect that. you know very versed so with chi

and what is so concerning to so many is the lack of due process for these lawmakers the hong kong people there are those of us who just want a majority in the harkonnen garden of course and that's basically or going to see a revolving mr cheney stripping the 4 legislators who have usually said i feel like there's really an individual there was dizzy until you were in office determined exclusively by the executive by the chief executive terry lam and without affording them an opportunity to be heard violates the basic principles of fairness and due process inheritance in the rule of law again this is coming from the hong kong bar association so no anyone can be dismissed simply at the whim of the chief executive isn't that a troubling sign for basic rights in hong kong where is the due process mr t. and for the 4 lawmakers before lawmakers there were disqualified were disqualified or their bases or very involved with foreign government but where is the due process can they appeal that decision they cannot have a of course because that really can appeal you know they can appeal that decisi

any often comes through this hong kong cafe forte stuff. i come here to remind myself that i'm a hong kong or here. i don't think i can go back while it's under communist rule i might live in taiwan for the next 1020 even 30 years i or a lot of people the same. home is always on her mind her friends who are already in prison and those who are 2 young to leave by i mean just like me many hong kong protesters are young many of them a still in high school and they need to wait for 2 to 3 years until they're eligible to study here can you imagine how dangerous it is for them to go it alone often or they may feel. noakes of mutual support between political exiles offer some comfort but they cannot reach the young teenager stuck back in hong kong. on don't choice sleep that's it for today there's of course more our website www dot com forward slash issue and you can follow us on facebook and twitter as well we leave you today with a look at a day in the life. of the c.b.s. tram fighting cabin fever during his banditry 3 weeks. to hong kong from f

hong kong. and in the fullness make of biren get their revenge against a side which trashed them earlier in the season we'll have all the goals as the variance and often i'm talking. on top of only yes welcome to the program we begin in russia where thousands of government opponents have defied police warnings not to join protest rallies they've turned out in cities nationwide and support to me authorities have mounted a massive operation in an attempt to contain the demonstrations campaigners say hundreds of activists have been arrested protest actions have been taking place from siberia in the east to moscow st petersburg and the west nile knee was arrested on his return to russia from germany where he spent 5 months recovering from an attempt to kill him with a nerve agent supporters say his wife yulia is among those detained at a gathering in moscow. all for the latest from the russian capital we're joined by d.w. correspondent anthony share when i am really well you've been following the pr

and hong kong, all of that has hurt hong kong's image trim and asleep. -- image tremendously. so this is an area where across all businesses, we would like to partner and column the hong kong government to recognize it needs to maintain its competitiveness. it cannot rest on the great city it's been on the past, it really needs to get moving and work with us to make hong kong competitive in change that image. >> tara joseph, thank you so very much for joining us, the amcham hong kong president. very interesting survey. still ahead from hong kong, we will examine the fintech environment in the city. welab offers virtual banking services. the cofounder and ceo joins us exclusively. plus, we speak exclusively to the chief operating officer of tcs joins us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ anchor: this is daybreak: asia. i'm karina mitchell. china has decided to section some u.s. officials over washington's reversal of decades of policy over taiwan. measures will be imposed in response. health secretary alex azar visited in august, provoking an angry reaction from beijing. china is

we try to free you from hong kong and try to use the space. that he's to keep contact to keep continuing for using laos for hong kong. at the same time when people whose troops to stay home home they will skip the fight on and with outspoken when you say that they're going to keep the fight on how do you see that working given the kind of arrests the kind of crackdowns that we're seeing in hong kong of course i mean the freedom the stays the opportunities will be really limited on the ground there for it to help you to national community because i think you know foreseeable future we can no longer access the pace there will be any scale social cold has in hong kong due to the repression and those also difficult like. this in time when most of the politician activists are all arrested this is citizens and that these are all whole pro-democracy camp is being read to cater by the big government and that's why we help form the international community we should not abandon the whole of the and freedom of hong kong so society there has been a lot of

on countries to consider same chance against targeted officials in hong kong the u.s. has already imposed targeted sanctions as a result of these arrests it doesn't get much more serious than that and what you are calling for is just a clarification you. know let me respond. they make all these arrests and everybody is out on bail secondly the government the secretary for justice has not human stop prosecuting anyone let alone that it may end up going to a court order not to be convicted or acquitted so this is simply the very 1st step they are arrested on the pace of a special all violating article $22.00 of the national security wall people going to arrested and they are all released on bail on the basis of suspicion of. the national security law now let me assure. every country in the world the most democratic of the democracies police arrest people no arrest people and eventually they are all off to hawk and prostitution don't move don't move in their government lose face or if the prosecutor comes in and they lose all these cases in court also the government would

politician along with almost the entire opposition camp i will keep fighting for democracy of hong kong their version of enda and the guy that was in response to the disqualification of full fellow legislators following a ruling by china's highest political body police say wednesday's operation involve more than a 1000 officers and involve raids on 3 media outlets as well as honor office where a solicitor who is also a us citizen was arrested we have a arrest 53 presses for the all francis office a person under the. p.b.s. the national security law the detentions were linked to an unofficial primary vote held last july to select candidates for the legislative elections due 2 months later a poll that was eventually canceled with the hong kong government citing covert 90 now all those involved in organizing a primary are suspected of subversion which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment a further sign of the tightening authoritarian grip here says one analyst it seems to me this is the chinese communist party trying to change the political culture of hong kong it's imposing len

kong talk to one of those arrested. every day was cyrus loud returns from his job as a nurse he recalls the shocking moment of his 1st arrest. it was 5 am in the morning i was sleeping and suddenly a group of people banged on the door 6 police officers were here to arrest me i was very shocked that they knew where i live you must have been following me for quite a while and. the 3rd is a serial nurse has been living in a hotel for months to avoid spraying the coronavirus home from the hospital cyrus lau was among the 55 hong kong politicians arrested for subversion by running under fishel primary last july 30th cleped they sought to paralyze the government by the tory its budget and bills. police seized many of his campaign materials posed as little as and those seen as potential criminal evidence so i'm trying back i know it's like a double whammy my work during the pun demick is already been intense and overwhelming and i can't even let my guard down when i'm all for this arrest is absurd to constitution gives lawmake

appealing for sanctions with chinese and hong kong officials. will these speeches be conceded as a breach of the national security law in hong kong and do you need to be present for years? we've got this advantage of overseas. but on the ground, they could mobilise more hong kong people to fight and they could have protests and demonstrations when the time comes so indeed i think we need different people in different fronts so we can collaborate with a movement that could push for changes. {lit that could push for changes. of course, if people leave, their friends and family may not severally leave. they will be concerned about the people leave you behind.— leave you behind. yes, definitely, _ leave you behind. yes, definitely, because - leave you behind. yes, definitely, because the political climate in hong kong is deteriorating and people would concede if they left theirfamilies behind, they may receive repercussions from the government, even though we don't have any concrete policies to say what they are going to do exactly. but i think th

this hong kong is no longer the old hong kong hong kong has changed completely this has never happened before he doesn't care. why should i be afraid they all deserve to be arrested they wrecked hong kong and even before the arrests the pro-democracy block in hong kong's parliament had been all but eliminated through disqualification and resignation the question now is whether the opposition can survive. lukin hay is both chairman of the democratic party and a district councillor the pro-democracy camp won a landslide in local elections in 2019 he now worries that beijing's next move could be against tom kong's lowest tier of government in hong kong whether the opposition can survive really depends on the people depend on the hong kong people and i have faith in people as long as we are still here as long as we didn't give up tom you chose me as hong kong sole representative to china's highest political body it passed the new security law which those arrested are accused of violating a to you legal. illegal do you really believe they wanted to overthrow the government yes by not i thin

no i would never leave hong kong because we want to fight in hong kong for drugs for people for democracy and we believe that the people hong kong would not be silenced by this all these ridiculous act of our wrath and we will continue the fight and. actually we are fighting for democracy and freedom and and this is actually good also for china and why they are trying to suppress us because they are those that pay to ship routine that would not. under control and would not allow any balance and power in and so side view so as they are now setting out the people home call when that promises of high autonomy the promise of 100 to system. this is joined that creation all of these are being and what we want actually is to what was promised to us ok you know we spoke to an activist a little bit earlier and you call china a dictatorship regime this activist told us that there are essentially no freedoms last under the basic law in hong kong do you agree what is left of those freedoms. thank you no one knows what it was left of the freedom because you know like peaches trying to teach the studen

is there room for political opposition in hong kong? carrie lam: as on as we do not cross the red line, you do not undermine sovereignty in the country's interest. we welcome a diverse opinion. people with different political backgrounds want to argue, but the government needs to protect the red line. that is what we are doing with a national security law. coming back to these arrests, we are not arresting people because of their political affiliation. the police are investigating and arresting suspects who have breached the laws of hong kong, based on evidence. >> have you decided whether to seek a second term? carrie lam: i am not answering that question. >> what challenges are facing the next chief executive? carrie lam: never mind the next chief executive, the next acting months -- 18 months will be challenging. i need to deal with the pandemic and stimulate the economy. >> what about the economy? carrie lam: the hong kong economy in 2021, i see good prospects, subject of course to the pandemic. if the pandemic could be controlled,