Overview

• On July 9 and 10, the National Security Department detained four males aged 15 to 47 on charges of conspiracy to subvert state power under the 2020 national security law.
• The suspects are alleged members of the Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union, an organization formed in Taiwan last year.
• Police seized flags bearing Hong Kong and Tibet independence designs along with documents urging U.S. intervention for Hong Kong political prisoners.
• Authorities said the group held a July 1 event where participants stepped on Chinese and Hong Kong flags and played the banned song “Glory to Hong Kong.”
• The national security law’s extraterritorial reach allows Hong Kong to prosecute residents for overseas activities with penalties of up to life imprisonment.