Organiser behind many of Hong Kong’s biggest protests to disband but police crackdown against group ‘won’t stop’
- Civil Human Rights Front, organiser of some of city’s biggest protests, endorses decision to disband at secretive meeting on Friday evening
- Impending crackdown on front reflects Beijing’s determination to crush organised pro-opposition groups it sees as threatening stability, source says
The umbrella group behind many of Hong Kong’s largest protests has decided to disband, the Post has learned.
But the dissolution of the Civil Human Rights Front will not stop police swooping on it, according to a source familiar with the central government’s thinking.
The front, which played a key role in the anti-government protests of 2019, has yet to make a public announcement on its decision, but member groups endorsed a resolution on disbanding at a meeting on Friday evening, an insider said. The group had declined earlier on Friday to disclose to the media details of the meeting, including participants, time and the venue.
The impending crackdown on the front reflected Beijing’s determination to crush organised pro-opposition groups that it saw as threatening the city’s stability, the first source said.
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“Action against the front won’t stop regardless of its decision on Friday. Beijing is determined to get tough on organised pro-opposition groups which pose a potential risk to Hong Kong’s stability, such as the front,” the source said.