More than 9.600 have been arrested from June 9 last year when the social unrest began, to July 31, according to Hong Kong Police data. Many of the suspects have been charged with rioting. In a Facebook post, the police said 9,664 people had been arrested, while 2,062 were prosecuted for anti-fugitive offender bill demonstrations. In that period, 662 have been prosecuted for "riots,'' while 322 were prosecuted for for "illegal assembly." And 316 were prosecuted for "possession of offensive weapons.''

Source: The Standard August 11, 2020 03:09 UTC