Activist Koo Sze-yiu arrested for ‘inciting subversion’

Veteran social activist Koo Sze-yiu has been arrested on Friday under the national security law for inciting subversion.

He is currently being held at the Cheung Sha Wan Division Police Station for questioning.

It was understood national security police officers arrested Koo at his Cheung Sha Wan home at Winsum Industrial Building at 6am this morning.

The 75-year-old activist was arrested for inciting subversion against state power under the national security law, a charge that carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

The police said they have also brought in three men and a woman this morning to assist in the investigations, including activist Lui Yuk-lin. None of them were formally arrested.

Koo was known for joining other activists in protests on annual occasions such as National Day and the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.

He has been arrested and jailed multiple times since the early 2000s, including serving time for desecrating the national flag during a demonstration in July 2020. He was diagnosed with stage four cancer.