China News Service, Hong Kong, February 28 (Reporter Wang Jiacheng) The Hong Kong police charged 47 people arrested in January this year for "conspiracy to subvert state power" on the afternoon of the 28th, including 39 men and 8 women, aged between 23 and 64. .

The police stated that the 47 persons mentioned above will be detained overnight and will appear in West Kowloon Magistracy after 11 a.m. on March 1.

　　It is reported that the 47 people charged include the former associate professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, Dai Yaoting, "Social Democracy Connection" Shun Zijie, former members of the Legislative Council Liang Guoxiong, Hu Zhiwei, Lin Cheuk Ting, and the former "Hong Kong independence" organization "Hong Kong Zhongzhi" "Secretary-General Huang Zhifeng and so on.

They are involved in organizing, planning, and participating in the so-called "35+ primaries" operation and the "speculation in Hong Kong" plan.

　　According to the police's earlier introduction, in March last year someone planned the so-called "35+ primaries" plan, and in April the plan was concretized, including the "ten steps to speculate in Hong Kong", with the goal of winning the SAR Legislative Council election. 35 seats or more, and passed two vetoes of the budget, forcing the chief executive to resign and suspending the SAR government.

　　According to the police, since June last year, some people started a series of practical actions, including launching crowdfunding, announcing a "primary election" and analysis in July of that year, and doing a lot of work on social platforms, holding "election" forums, creating atmosphere, etc. .

After the Hong Kong National Security Law came into effect on June 30, 2020, these people are still holding the so-called "primary elections" on July 11 and 12. After the "elections" are over, the results will be announced and analyzed in a higher profile.

　　In January of this year, the police took action and arrested 53 people.

They were respectively suspected of organizing, planning, participating in the so-called "primary elections" initiated last year, and suspected of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law on "conspiracy to subvert state power."

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