Chinese authorities have arrested several activists and issued a stern warning to “anti-China and pro-chaos elements” amid criticism of the government’s response to Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in a generation.

Hong Kong’s national security police arrested three people over the weekend, state-backed and commercial media reported, as calls mounted for accountability following the city’s worst fire in nearly eight decades.

Authorities arrested ex-district Councillor Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung and an unidentified volunteer who managed supplies for survivors on Sunday, according to multiple reports, a day after the arrest of a university student on suspicion of sedition. Cheung was arrested on suspicion of “attempting to incite discord”, The Standard newspaper reported.

On Saturday, authorities

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