Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and ar core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail on August 30 after being charged with inciting people to join a protest in June, while authorities denied permission for a major march in what appears to be a harder line on this summer’s protests.

Saturday’s march called off

organizers of Saturday’s march, fifth anniversary of a decision by China against allowing fully democratic elections for leer of Hong Kong, said y were calling it off after an appeals board denied permission. It was unclear wher some protesters would still demonstrate on ir own. Police have been rejecting more applications for rallies and marches, citing violence at or after earlier ones. y also are arresting people for protests earlier this summer.

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Andy Chan, leer of a pro-independence movement, was arrested at airport Thursday night. Three ors were taken in earlier this week for vandalizing of legislature offices on July 1.“ first priority of Civil Human Rights Front is to make sure that all of participants who participate in our marches will be physically and legally safe. That’s our first priority,” said Bonnie Leung, a leer of group. “And because of decision me by appeal board, we feel very sorry but we have choice but to cancel march.”

Police's Statements

Police said Wong and Agnes Chow are being investigated for ir role in a June 21 unauthorized protest outside a police station. Both are charged with participating in demonstration and inciting ors to join it. Wong is also charged with organizing it.
Wong is secretary-general of Demosisto and Chow is a prominent member. He was one of student leers of Umbrella Movement, major pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014. Both were granted bail hours after ir arrests.

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"Attempt to spre fear"

Isaac Cheng, vice-chair of group, said arrests are an attempt to spre fear and “white terror” among Hong Kong residents. He accused authorities of trying to identify leers in a “leerless” movement that has rocked Hong Kong for nearly three months. Communist Party-ruled government in Beijing is pulling strings and has misjudged situation, he said, urging residents to continue protesting despite risk of arrest. Demosisto first reported arrests on its social media accounts, saying Wong was pushed into a private car as he was heing to a subway station around 7:30 a.m. and was taken to police hequarters. It later said Chow h also been arrested, at her home.

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Wong was released from prison in June after serving a two-month sentence related to that protest. He has been speaking out regularly in support of pro-democracy protests that have racked Hong Kong this summer. protests were set off by extrition legislation that would have allowed suspects to be sent to mainland China to face trial and expanded to general concern that China is chipping away at rights of Hong Kong residents. extrition bill was suspended but protesters want it withdrawn and are also demanding democracy and an independent inquiry into police actions against protesters. Police said Chan was arrested under suspicion of rioting and attacking police.

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