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4 U. i9 Y9 A. c, [ Pro-democracy figures suspect the arrest of10 people on suspicion of plotting attacks is a smear campaign ) R2 d+ y6 z7 _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 5 k( e6 U' S/ zwww2.tvboxnow.comwww2.tvboxnow.com5 L* \# k4 H; ?6 E6 o% o" D
One of the student leaders at the heart of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has dismissed as “propaganda” the arrest of10 people on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack before the territory’s legislature prepares to vote on a crucial political-reform bill. + G5 l8 |# w8 d2 p4 u% Iwww2.tvboxnow.com O( l2 f8 m( D' G/ r! M% t
Joshua Wong, who played a leading role in last fall’s Umbrella Revolution, tells TIME that police claims to have uncovered a separatist cell intent on setting off explosives are “one of the plans or the agenda by the pro-government side — it’s propaganda to attack the… democrats.”) U0 M' o: Y3 W0 A# U
9 X3 ]" s' L8 A: w. Y0 v公仔箱論壇The arrests were made after police found what they described as powerful explosives at disused TV studio lots on the outskirts of the city, which they suggest were intended for detonation in the city’s Admiralty district. Admiralty is the seat of government, home to the legislature, the headquarters of the People’s Liberation Army and the office of the city’s highest-ranking official, known as the chief executive. , o( v$ H9 P% F4 d& } `/ ?+ J ' G' D" l2 { C) n. \9 [A police media spokesman refused to divulge the political affiliations of those arrested, but a local newspaper, the South China Morning Post, citing an anonymous police source, claimed that at least one of the detained individuals had “affiliations” to a separatist, so-called National Independent Party.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! V, F8 @3 I" @2 R8 U
5 f$ S- m5 @4 h; P1 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnother local newspaper claimed that the party had posted on a now deleted Facebook page its determination to stop the passage of the political reform bill “at any cost.”( ~/ _# g: d9 ?0 B
: ~, I0 _/ u& B; e4 K公仔箱論壇Separatist — or, to use the Hong Kong term, localist — politics are beginning to take root in the city as Hong Kongers feel a growing cultural, linguistic and political gap with mainland China.. u, ]: h9 B" e
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However, the fact that the organization was hitherto unknown has aroused suspicions. “It doesn’t seem like a lot of these[separatist] organizations are very familiar with them, and some even feel that this organization seems to have a very suspicious background,” Professor Eliza Lee, head of the Politics and Public Administration Department at Hong Kong University, told TIME. % } V8 w% ]" D9 r, j公仔箱論壇$ Y5 X* y0 @* Z' m- E
Jon Ho of separatist group Hong Kong Localism Power, told a local radio station Tuesday that the legitimacy of the “National Independent Party” was questionable, the Post reported. % R+ o. N& B' f |1 W8 _TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6 y, _: n7 o6 M
Some Hong Kongers on social media pointed out linguistic inconsistencies between the language of propaganda material police claim to have seized from the “National Independent Party” and words that would have actually been used by bona fide separatist groups, while others pointedly asked why a separatist group would have the word National in its name.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。: b# X- h9 [* @* m3 P
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Other separatist figures stressed their commitment to nonviolence. Ray Wong, leader of separatist group Hong Kong Indigenous, told the Post that the arrests were a smear campaign, while Danny Chan, head of the separatist Hong Kong Blue Righteous Revolt, said he did not support violence.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 v- u2 k" w8 G0 k# K6 B
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“It would be unfair to say that the localists have a stronger tendency to be violent, and in fact if you look at the[pro-democracy] movement as a whole it was rather peaceful,” Lee says. * ?" F$ S- X+ kwww2.tvboxnow.com公仔箱論壇$ V3 B% B" v0 P( T4 L6 f' D- u- E
Steve Vickers, the former head of the Hong Kong Police Criminal Intelligence Bureau and now a security analyst, says, “The timing of the arrests is obviously of special interest, especially in this politically charged time, before the forthcoming [legislative] vote.” X: r2 M% F' g2 p/ l; M p2 ?, z 4 F7 |, T- g; z' x公仔箱論壇He also tells TIME via email that “in the absence of a chemical analysis of the seized [bomb making] items it is difficult to be specific” on the nature of the threat they posed.
