The original administrators didn’t envisage this !
Hong Kong Free Press reports
A 43-year-old man was arrested near the British consulate on Monday evening on suspicion of acting with seditious intent, whilst police say an officer extinguished tribute candles for “public safety.”
Past 8pm, people outside BCG chanted “Hong Kongers Add Oil” and sang a section of “Glory to Hong Kong” after a man began to play harmonica on the pavement across the consular building. pic.twitter.com/ufQ1DHuyGz
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A Hong Kong man has been arrested under the colonial-era sedition law while paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II outside the city’s British consulate. He has been detained pending investigation.
Police told HKFP on Tuesday that a 43-year-old man surnamed Pang was arrested on Monday evening for allegedly committing an act or acts with a seditious intention near the British consulate at 1 Supreme Court Road, Admiralty.
The arrest took place at around 9.30 p.m., hours after hundreds of Hongkongers waited in line during unseasonably high temperatures for the last opportunity to sign a book of condolences for Britain’s longest serving monarch. Dozens of police officers were deployed to monitor the situation.
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