Police said on Tuesday that they’d made four arrests around Causeway Bay in connection with offences including breaches of national security legislation.

Officers said a 68-year-old woman was arrested for alleged offences relating to seditious intention under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance after shouting slogans on Yee Wo Street in the afternoon.

Police also said a 24-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman were arrested on the same street. The man is suspected of assaulting two police officers while the woman was held for disorderly conduct.

Meanwhile a 23-year-old man was arrested at Hing Fat Street on suspicion of assaulting two park security guards.

Police had increased their patrols in Causeway Bay and Victoria Park, with officers taking aside a number of people throughout the day.

In the afternoon, an officer warned a man – who was holding up a large poster near Sogo department store – that he was disrupting public order, and demanded that he stop. The man was then brought to a police vehicle.

At night, officers patrolled East Point Road and also brought a number of people to police vehicles.

Meanwhile, police presence was also stepped up at Victoria Park, where they set up a tent. Officers requested some people in the park to enter the tent. They were released after being searched.

Responding to queries, the force said it would make appropriate operational deployments in light of threats to public safety, public order and national security.

The police said three men and two women, aged between 27 and 88, were taken back to the station on suspicion of breaching public peace. All were later allowed to leave.
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Last updated: 2024-06-05 HKT 05:15