Police said two men and one woman — aged between 17 and 21 — were arrested Tuesday in relation to allegedly secessionist comments on social media.
Studentlocalism, a onetime pro-independence group, identified the three on Facebook as its former convenor Tony Chung, and former members William Chan and Yanni Ho.
According to a little known United Kingdom-based activist organization, Friends of Hong Kong, which said it had been working with Chung, he had been planning to claim asylum at the US consulate to Hong Kong prior to his arrest.
All three Studentlocalism members were previously…
