Four Hong Kong activists entered the US consulate on October 27, 2020, hours after the city’s national security unit arrested a student activist ahead of his planned asylum bid at the diplomatic mission. Tony Chung, former convenor of the defunct pro-independence group Studentlocalism, was at a coffee shop opposite the consulate when he was detained by at least three officers. Two other former members of Studentlocalism, Yannis Ho and William Chan, were also arrested later.