Police have declined to disclose the number of people arrested for suspected sedition in connection with the deadly Tai Po fire in November.

Andrew Kan, deputy police commissioner for national security, said on Wednesday that three people have been charged under Article 23, Hong Kong’s local national security law, over comments relating to the Wang Fuk Court fire. [...]

The three are among an unspecified number of people who were arrested for “committing acts with seditious intent” under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, also known as Article 23, following the deadly blaze that killed 168 people [...]

Chow said one of the suspects was charged with knowingly publishing seditious materials and disclosing details of a national security investigation. [...]

Days after the Wang Fuk Court fire, university student Miles Kwan was reportedly arrested for “seditious intention” after handing out flyers calling for an independent probe. It is unclear if he was charged.