Four members of Hong Kong student union held for ‘advocating terrorism’

A student of Hong Kong University, centre, is escorted by police officers after a home search in Hong Kong (Vincent Yu/AP)

Four members of a Hong Kong university student union were arrested for allegedly advocating terrorism by paying tribute to a person who stabbed a police officer and then killed himself, police said.

Police arrested four men between 18 and 20 years old who were committee members and members of the student council at the University of Hong Kong, said Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of the police national security division.