HONG KONG – A Japanese student was released late Tuesday in Hong Kong after local police arrested him on suspicion of participating in rioting during pro-democracy protests near a university campus, Japan’s Consulate-General in the territory said.
Hikaru Ida, a 21-year-old student at the Tokyo University of Agriculture, was not injured and had no health problems, according to the consulate.
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