Hong Kong Arrests 10th in Explosives Case Before Election Debate
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Hong Kong police on Monday night arrested a 10th person in connection with a plot to make explosives at a time of mounting tension over a planned vote on a China-backed plan for elections in the Asian financial hub.
The 58-year-old local man was detained at a checkpoint on the border with mainland China on suspicion of conspiracy to manufacture explosives, Hong Kong police said. Police had earlier arrested nine others, with one of them claiming to be a member of a “local radical group,” Chief Superintendent Au Chin-chau said at a press briefing Monday.