Au Kam San accused by police of being in contact with an unnamed ‘anti-China organisation abroad’ since 2022.
A leading democrat from Macau has been arrested for collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security, police said, as the semi-autonomous region further tightens its national security laws to align with those of China.
Macau’s police said in a statement on Thursday that Au Kam San had been taken from his residence for investigation on Wednesday.
The former Portuguese colony reverted to Chinese rule in 1999 via a “One Country, Two Systems” framework that promised a high degree of autonomy and rights protections.
Au, 68, is one of Macau’s most prominent democratic campaigners who served for nearly two decades as a lawmaker in the former Portuguese colony. He served in Macau’s legislature for two decades before stepping down in 2021.
