Woman, 19, arrested over filming videos for subversive ‘Hong Kong Parliament’

Hong Kong national security police have arrested a 19-year-old woman for committing an act with seditious intent after she allegedly filmed a series of promotional videos for a group deemed to be subversive by authorities.

Authorities said on Tuesday that Lan Fei was allegedly involved in producing promotional videos for an organisation called the “Hong Kong Parliament” between March and May this year.

Police said the suspect was believed to have used social media to urge others to take part in a vote for “the purpose of overthrowing and undermining” central and local authorities. They stopped short of sharing any further details about the vote.

The force said the woman was charged with “doing with a seditious intention an act or acts that had a seditious intention”, and that she would appear at West Kowloon Court on Tuesday afternoon.

Police previously accused the so-called Hong Kong Parliament of violating the Beijing-imposed national security law.

The group, mainly founded and run by self-exiled activists, earlier formed an “electoral committee” in Canada to hold elections that it said “represent, solidify and revive Hong Kong people’s rights of self-determination”.