Hong Kong activist arrested ahead of Olympics protest

Hong Kong: A veteran Hong Kong activist was arrested Friday, days after he announced plans to protest the Beijing Winter Olympics outside Government offices in the city, according to local media.

The activist, Koo Sze-yiu, was arrested in the early morning at his home under a national security law, according to local newspaper South China Morning Post.

Earlier this week, Koo had sent a media announcement inviting coverage of a petition he planned to present on Friday at 10 a.M. In front of China's Liaison Office - the agency which



represents the Chinese government in the nominally semi-autonomous enclave.

In his invite, Koo stated that China had pressed on with the Beijing Winter Games while ignoring "unjust" cases of imprisonment in Hong Kong.

"Don't forget that human rights are being oppressed in Hong Kong!" he wrote in the announcement.

He said that authorities have abused the national security law to imprison dissidents or those who speak out against Beijing's policies in the city.