Beijing's liaison office has hit out at those calling for the release of 12 Hong Kong activists detained in the mainland, and sounded a warning to those planning to organize protests on National Day, RTHK reports. The spokesperson went on to say some radicals had called for attacks on police stations, or even inciting people to buy weapons, and that these actions are blatantly challenging the national security law in the SAR. The news comes after an appeal board upheld a police decision to ban a proposed rally by Civil Human Rights Front on National Day. The front had planned to use the march on Thursday to demand the return of 12 detainees, but the appeal board agreed that allowing a march on National Day would have put public health at risk. The 12 were arrested on the high seas by the mainland coastguard on August 23 over suspected illegal entry and detained in Shenzhen after that.

Source: The Standard September 29, 2020 07:52 UTC