{"id":1471998,"date":"2022-05-11T16:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T20:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1471998"},"modified":"2022-05-11T16:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T20:29:50","slug":"hong-kong-police-arrest-90-year-old-catholic-bishop-in-latest-round-up-of-dissidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hong-kong-police-arrest-90-year-old-catholic-bishop-in-latest-round-up-of-dissidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Police Arrest 90-Year-Old Catholic Bishop In Latest Round-Up Of Dissidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhong-kong-police-arrest-90-year-old-catholic-bishop-in-latest-round-up-of-dissidents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1471998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Police in Hong Kong arrested a 90-year-old retired Catholic bishop in their latest round-up of prominent freedom activists on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/11\/world\/asia\/hong-kong-arrests-national-security.html\">according<\/a> to The New York Times. <\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Joseph Zen joined singer-activist Denise Ho, and Margaret Ng, an attorney and ex-Hong Kong lawmaker, in Chinese detention. The three are being investigated for alleged violations of Beijing\u2019s strict national security law imposed on the district in 2019. Each was a trustee of the 619 Humanitarian Relief Fund offering financial support to those prosecuted for demonstrations against the Chinese crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fund, which was closed last year, is under investigation for colluding with foreign forces, a crime under the national security law,\u201d the Times reported. \u201cAll five of the fund\u2019s trustees have now been arrested or are already in prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 170 people, according to the Times, have already been arrested since the law went into effect. Zen, whose life and career shepherding the Vatican\u2019s mission in China was <a href=\"https:\/\/supermacro.substack.com\/p\/chinese-arrest-90-year-old-cardinal?s=r\">outlined<\/a> by writer Christian Whiton, is not a particularly political figure, adding a twist of irony to the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Former Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, who served as U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom under President Donald Trump, condemned the latest arrests as a \u201cnew low\u201d for the Chinese regime. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s leadership should be sanctioned immediately for their wanton disregard of the rule of law and basic civil liberties,\u201d Brownback <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamuelBrownback\/status\/1524389376867938304\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamuelBrownback\/status\/1524389376867938304?s=20&#038;t=47DrdVmxopIOYbUMB19tkQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Brownback-Tweet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Brownback-Tweet.png 587w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Brownback-Tweet-255x300-1.png 255w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Maya Wang, a senior China researcher for Human Rights Watch, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wang_maya\/status\/1524403800550907904\">condemned<\/a> the arrests in similar language. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cArresting a 90-year-old cardinal for his peaceful activities has to be a shocking new low for Hong Kong, illustrating the city\u2019s free fall in human rights in the past two years,\u201d Wang wrote on Twitter. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wang_maya\/status\/1524403800550907904?s=20&#038;t=gQVhdnuFmWBQWa68HkWwaQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maya-Wang.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maya-Wang.png 597w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Maya-Wang-279x300-1.png 279w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Vatican said \u201cthe Holy See has learned with concern the news of the arrest of Cardinal Zen and is following the development of the situation with extreme attention,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/251204\/vatican-following-news-of-cardinal-zen-s-arrest-with-concern\">according<\/a> to the Catholic News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Since the implementation of China\u2019s draconian national security law, Hong Kong residents have been at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/30\/world\/asia\/hong-kong-security-law-explain.html\">mercy<\/a> of Beijing authorities criminalizing dissent in the previously semi-autonomous district. Penalties range up to life in prison for those convicted. <\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s targeting of a religious minority is not the first time that deputies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have gone after Catholic officials. In May 2020, a pair of Chinese nuns in Hong Kong were <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/31\/anti-religious-communist-chinese-government-arrests-catholic-nuns-in-hong-kong\/\">detained<\/a> for three weeks before their release into house arrest. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Hong Kong arrested a 90-year-old retired Catholic bishop in their latest round-up of prominent freedom activists on Wednesday, according to The New York Times. 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