A Hong Kong court denied bail to three leading figures of a political organization after police charged them with conspiracy to incite subversion under the national security law. The three core members of Student Politicism are remanded in custody after principal magistrate Don So rejected their applications for temporary release on Sept. 21. The three, arrested on Sept. 20, include the group’s former spokesperson Chu Wai-ying, former secretary Chan Chi-sum, and convener Wong Yat-chin. Police had arrested Wong four times since Student Politicism was founded last May, but he had not been previously charged. On Monday, national security police also raided the group’s premises and seized as evidence several boxes of goods prepared for inmates including, M&M chocolates, crackers, masks, hand cream, and books. Steve Li, senior superintendent of the police national security bureau, suggested the group would send these items to “recruit followers” behind bars. “Helping prisoners is not a problem, …
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