HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) announced Saturday that its national security department has arrested a man and a woman, aged 41 and 28 respectively, for being suspected of contravening relevant sections of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.

Investigation revealed that the arrested woman was suspected of publishing fraudulent "last words" of the deceased in relation to a recent suicide case, while the arrested man was suspected of persistently placing so-called "memorial light boxes" in various places, with contents provoking hatred towards the central authorities and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.

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The HKPF conducted searches at the arrested persons' residences with a court warrant, where light boxes, materials for making light boxes and relevant electronic communication devices were seized. The arrested persons are now being detained for investigation.