Hong Kong, Beijing authorities ramp up calls for patriotic education, warn against National Day protests
- Director of liaison office Luo Huining stresses to civil servants and youth that loving country ‘not a choice but a duty’, noting new security law had ‘ended madness’
- Police arrest two men over online messages inciting violence or unauthorised assembly

Beijing and Hong Kong authorities ramped up calls for patriotic education and warnings against banned anti-governments protests over the mid-autumn festive season, as police made more arrests on the eve of China’s National Day amid fears of potential chaos.

Police officers from the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau on Wednesday arrested two men, aged 20 and 30, for allegedly posting messages on internet platforms, including the Telegram messaging app and LIHKG forum, to “incite others to commit wounding with intent” or “incite others to take part in unauthorised assembly”.
Some of the posts mentioned “killing police officers” and “setting police vehicles on fire”, Chief Inspector Fan Chun-yip said. The arrested pair had been active in spreading hate messages online inciting others to take part in illegal activities since mid-2019, he added.
