A student activist who was among six people arrested on June 4 has urged Hong Kong people not to be discouraged after he was released on bail following more than 20 hours of detention.

Wong Yat-chin, the convener of a group called Student Politicism, reported on Facebook that he was safe after being granted HK$1,500 (US$190) bail. He was required to report back to the police station on July 5.

Wong had set up a street station in Mong Kok on Friday night and was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct in a public place and obstructing a public officer. Wong said that the arrest was his third in six months.

In his Facebook post, Wong said he hoped the people of Hong Kong would not retreat. “Even if the regime sends out 7,000 police officers to keep everybody silent, everybody is still fearless.”

Meanwhile, Sham Shui Po district councilor Yan Kai-wing told Apple Daily that he was also arrested on June 4 after a street station he set up was disrupted by pro-government supporters.

Yan claimed he never made physical contact with those who overturned his table, but when the police arrived at the scene, Yan was arrested on suspicion of common assault.

Yan said that he had set up the June 4-themed street station that afternoon at a housing estate in Shek Kip Mei and was visited by a plainclothes police officer an hour later. The officer said that someone had complained about the noise from the station. The officer left after speaking to a staff member from the Housing Department who was at the scene.

Yan recalled that some pro-government supporters then arrived on the scene and complained that he was “making trouble” and at one point reportedly asked whether Yan was Chinese. The dispute escalated when a 75-year-old woman overturned Yan’s table. When the police returned, she reportedly accused Yan of pushing her.

The police told Apple Daily that two people had been arrested in connection with the incident: a 55-year-old man on suspicion of common assault and a 75-year-old woman on suspicion of criminal damage.

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