Report: Former Hong Kong bishop Cardinal Zen arrested
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Report: Former Hong Kong bishop Cardinal Zen arrested

Report: Former Hong Kong bishop Cardinal Zen arrested.

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, speaks at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Hong Kong, China, May 11, 2022 / 06:32 am (CNA).

Cardinal Joseph Zen has been arrested by the authorities in Hong Kong, according to local media reports.

The 90-year-old former bishop of Hong Kong was reportedly detained in his role as a trustee of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which helped pro-democracy protestors to pay their legal fees.

The Standard newspaper reported that the trustees were arrested on Wednesday evening local time, according to sources.

The fund disbanded was last year after the city’s national security police ordered it to share operational details, the newspaper said.

More to follow.

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