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Hong Kong: Cantonese language group shuts down after targeting by national security police

Fears that China’s crackdown on dissidents is expanding into cultural sphere after linguistic group closes over a fictional essay about erosion of liberties

A group that promotes the Cantonese language shut down on Monday after Hong Kong authorities said a fictional essay depicting a decline in liberties in the city on the group’s website violated the national security law, in the latest example of the city’s erosion of freedom of expression.

Andrew Chan, chair of the Societas Linguistica Hongkongensis, said in a Facebook post that national security officers visited a home where some of his family members live last week when he was out of town. The officers, who did not have a search warrant, asked that he remove the essay from his group’s website immediately, he said.

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