Hong Kong activist arrested ahead of Olympics protest

HONG KONG (AP) — A veteran Hong Kong activist has been arrested days after announcing plans to protest the Beijing Winter Olympics outside government offices in the city. South China Morning Post newspaper identified him as Koo Sze-yiu. Police confirmed they had arrested a 75-year-old man on suspicion of inciting subversion. Police also said that four other other people were being questioned. Earlier this week, Koo sent a media announcement inviting coverage of a petition he planned to present on Friday in front of China’s Liaison Office, the agency representing the Chinese government in the nominally semi-autonomous enclave. He said that China had pressed on with the Beijing Winter Games while ignoring what he called unjust cases of imprisonment and political oppression in Hong Kong.