Hong Kong activist arrested ahead of Olympics protest
Source: AP
HONG KONG (AP) — A veteran Hong Kong activist was arrested Friday days after announcing plans to protest the Beijing Winter Olympics outside government offices in the city.
South China Morning Post newspaper identified him as Koo Sze-yiu, saying he was picked up in the early morning at his home under a national security law.
Police confirmed they had arrested a 75-year-old man on suspicion of inciting subversion, but did not identify him. They also said that four other other people were brought back to the station for questioning.
Earlier this week, Koo sent a media announcement inviting coverage of a petition he planned to present on Friday at 10 a.m. in front of China’s Liaison Office — the agency representing the Chinese government in the nominally semi-autonomous enclave.
FILE - Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu speaks to the media after arriving at a court in Hong Kong, Sept. 30, 2020. Koo Sze-yiu was arrested Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, days after he announced plans to protest the Beijing Winter Olympics outside government offices in the city, according to local media. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Dan Wetzel·Columnist
Thu, February 3, 2022, 11:50 AM·5 min read
The International Olympic Committee held a news conference Thursday in Beijing for its president, Thomas Bach. He also could have doubled as Chinese Communist Party spokesman.
Bach is a smart guy. A 68-year old German lawyer who speaks four languages and has run the vast, complicated IOC for nearly a decade.
He is certainly too smart of a guy to not know what he was doing when he tried to give reasonable answers to human rights controversies but used the precise kind of language favored by China, who is hosting these Winter Games.
https://sports.yahoo.com/as-peng-shuai-human-rights-issues-hang-over-olympics-ioc-echoes-chinas-party-line-165042093.html
I am not going to watch these "games"....