Hong Kong national security police arrest 2 for alleged sedition over fake suicide note
Man, 41, and woman, 28, apprehended for allegedly acting with seditious intent and violating city’s domestic national security law
The force said on Saturday that initial investigations showed the woman, 28, allegedly forged the professor’s suicide note, while the man, 41, was found to have placed light boxes at various places.
The pair were apprehended for allegedly acting with seditious intent and contravening Section 24 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, according to police.
“Police searched the residences of those arrested with a court warrant. Lightboxes, materials for making light boxes and relevant electronic communication devices were seized. The arrested people are now being held for investigation,” national security police said.
“The arrested woman is suspected of publishing fraudulent ‘last words’ of the deceased in relation to a recent suicide case, while the man was suspected of persistently placing so-called memorial light boxes in various places, with content provoking hatred towards the central authorities and the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,” it added.
