2020 detainment of Hong Kong residents at sea by China
2020 CE.
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Hong Kong 12, or 12 Hongkongers, are the twelve Hong Kong protesters previously arrested by the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF), detained by the Chinese authorities in 2020 at sea after a failed attempt to flee to Taiwan. In a post on Chinese social media dated August 26, 2020, the China Coast Guard claimed that Guangdong authorities had intercepted a speedboat on August 23 under the suspicion of illegal border crossing and that more than ten people had been detained. The released coordinates put the incident in the South China Sea, approximately 78 kilometres (48 mi) from Hong Kong Island. On August 27, The Guardian cited two Hong Kong news outlets which reported, based on unnamed sources, that in the incident, a total of 12 people had been detained en route to Taiwan, of whom at least ten were Hong Kong residents. Referring to the same sources, the passengers had included activist Andy Li, who had been arrested on August 10 under charges related to the national security law and released on bail.
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