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Hong Kong activist arrested before ‘Coffin Winter Olympics’ protest

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Hong Kong activist arrested before ‘Coffin Winter Olympics’ protest
Koo Sze-yiu
FILE – Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu speaks to the media after arriving at a court in Hong Kong, Sept. 30, 2020. Koo Sze-yiu was arrested Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, days after he announced plans to protest the Beijing Winter Olympics outside government offices in the city, according to local media. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

An elderly protester who called the Beijing Games the “Coffin Winter Olympics” was arrested in Hong Kong on Friday on charges of inciting subversion.

Hong Kong police raided the residence of Koo Sze-yiu, a 75-year-old with stage 4 cancer, hours before he planned to protest in front of its liaison office, with the media in attendance, to present Chinese officials with a petition describing human rights abuses, according to media reports.

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