SCMP reports
- Winnie Yu was released on bail last July after being charged with conspiracy to subvert state power over an unofficial primary election
- Hospital clerk’s release came with stringent conditions, including an order to refrain from all acts and speeches that could endanger national security
A Hong Kong activist hospital worker has been arrested on suspicion of violating her bail conditions by making comments online that could endanger national security, the Post has learned.
Winnie Yu Wai-ming, founder and former chairwoman of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance, a union that emerged from the anti-government protest movement in 2019, was released on bail last July after being charged with conspiracy to subvert state power over an unofficial primary election in 2020.
She was detained when she reported back to Sha Tin Police Station on Monday afternoon, a police source said.
According to police, the 34-year-old was being held in custody and would be brought before West Kowloon Court on Tuesday afternoon.
Yu was among dozens of activists and members of the opposition camp arrested in January last year for taking part in the unofficial primary the previous July. The primary was held to pick candidates for later-postponed Legislative Council elections.
She was later charged with other opposition figures in connection with an alleged conspiracy to subvert state power.
