Police in Hong Kong have made their first arrest under a controversial new security law imposed by China's central government.
Police had made multiple warnings to a crowd in the Causeway Bay shopping district - telling them that they might be in violation of the law.Overall, at least 30 people have been arrested on various charges - from unlawful assembly to the violation of the national security law.
The law makes secessionist, subversive, or terrorist activities illegal, as well as foreign intervention in the city's internal affairs.Any person taking part in pro-independence activities, such as shouting slogans or holding up banners and flags, is in violation of the law - irrespective of whether violence is used.
Critics say it effectively ends the"one country, two systems" framework under which Hong Kong was promised a high degree of autonomy.
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