"Authorities arrested ex-district Councillor Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung and an unidentified volunteer who managed supplies for survivors on Sunday, according to multiple reports, a day after the arrest of a university student on suspicion of sedition. Cheung was arrested on suspicion of attempting to incite discord, The Standard newspaper reported. On Saturday, authorities arrested Miles Kwan, a 24-year-old student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, after he created an online petition calling for greater transparency and accountability from the government, multiple reports said."
"The petition included four demands, including the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry to probe the circumstances of the fire, including whether potential conflicts of interest may have contributed to the disaster. Before it was removed from the internet on Saturday, the petition had garnered more than 10,000 supporters. China's national security office in Hong Kong appeared to condemn the petition before its removal, accusing activists of using the banner of petitioning the people' to incite confrontation and tear society apart."
Hong Kong's national security police arrested three people following the city's worst fire in nearly eight decades. Arrests included ex-district councillor Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung, an unidentified volunteer who managed supplies for survivors, and a university student, Miles Kwan, detained on suspicion of sedition after creating an online petition. The petition demanded greater transparency and accountability, including an independent commission of inquiry and scrutiny of potential conflicts of interest, and gathered over 10,000 supporters before removal. Mainland and Hong Kong national security authorities condemned the petition, accusing activists of incitement and of attempting to revive 2019-style violence.
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