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7 Hong Kong Pro-democracy Lawmakers Detained or Face Arrest

Associated Press

   HONG KONG - Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers have either been
   detained or face arrest Saturday, in a move expected to escalate public
   fury a day after the death of a student linked to months of
   anti-government protests.

   A police statement said three of the lawmakers had been detained and
   charged Saturday with obstructing the local assembly during a raucous
   May 11 meeting over a now-shelved China extradition bill that sparked
   five months of protests calling for democratic reforms.

   The others received summons to turn up at police stations Saturday to
   face arrest.

   Pro-democracy lawmakers slammed the government clampdown as a
   calculated move to provoke more violence as an excuse to postpone or
   cancel Nov. 24 district elections -- low-level polls viewed as a
   barometer of public sentiment in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.