Is the Mainland Chinese Army invading Hong Kong?

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So when does the UK send in troops since the treaty or deal was broken?
Never? So probably while China feels comfortable doing whatever it wants.
Sounds familiar to something that happen in 1920s

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested and his newsroom raided by police in the semi-autonomous nation’s latest enforcement of China’s new national security law.

The 71-year-old Lai is an outspoken pro-democracy figure and regularly criticizes China’s authoritarian rule and Hong Kong’s government. He heads the Next Digital Group, which operates the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily. The paper often condemns China’s Communist Party government and has urged readers to take part in anti-government protests that raged over the past year.

Lai was charged with collusion with foreign powers, said Mark Simon, a Next Digital executive and Lai’s aide. Simon said police also searched the homes of Lai and his son and detained several other members of the media company.



As police arrested Lai at his home, about 200 officers raided the Next Digital headquarters. Desks were searched and 25 boxes of what authorities called evidence were carted out of the building.

Hong Kong police said they arrested at least nine people between the ages of 23 and 72 on suspicion of violating the new security law, with offenses including collusion with a foreign country and conspiracy to defraud. They did not release the names of those arrested or provide further details of the charges.

“With the passage of the national security law and the really tough powers given to the police in their operations, we have seen now what we call ‘white terror’ become a reality, which will affect media organizations and journalists’ reporting,” said Chris Yeung, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association.

Beijing’s national security law went into effect in late June following increasingly violent pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Critics have decried the law is being abused to suppress free speech, civil rights, political activity and academic independence.

Source: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested, newsroom raided under China’s new security law

One of the first rights to go is FREEDOM OF THE PRESS!