Amid ongoing protests in Hong Kong, police have arrested three pro-democracy lawmakers, two prominent activists, and the leader of the banned Hong Kong National Party, the most recent and highest-profile of the over 900 arrests so far since June. The arrests came ahead of a now cancelled march on Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of Beijing’s decision to impose limits on who could run for office in Hong Kong, a move that set off the 2014 Umbrella Movement, in which Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow–the two arrested activists–served as student leaders. The New York Times’ Austin Ramzy and Ezra Cheung report on the arrests, and on additional measures that the Hong Kong and Beijing government have enacted to “establish order”:

Three pro-democracy lawmakers, Cheng Chung-tai, Au Nok-hin and Jeremy Tam were arrested Friday, according to the police, a legislative assistant and Facebook posts from their offices.

Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, student leaders of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong five years ago that presaged the current protests, were arrested on Friday morning, their political organization said. They were later released on bail. Andy Chan, who led the now-banned Hong Kong National Party, was taken into custody Thursday night at the Hong Kong airport, he said on Facebook.

The arrests were the latest in a dramatic week of events in Hong Kong, where tensions were running high after three months of protests touched off by widespread anger over legislation, since suspended, that would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China for trial.

[…] In addition to the arrests, Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, said the government was considering whether there were other measures the city could take to establish order; China sent in fresh troops to the territory; and the authorities denied permission for what was widely expected to be a well-attended demonstration.