Australia PM says Hong Kong bounty on overseas activists 'unacceptable'

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was ‘unacceptable’ that Hong Kong has put bounties on two Australian residents who are among eight overseas democracy activists wanted under a national security law

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gives the keynote address for the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 2, 2023. REUTERS/Caroline Chia/File Photo

"It's just unacceptable," Albanese said of the Hong Kong announcement in a Nine television interview. "We will continue to cooperate with China where we can, but we will disagree where we must. And we do disagree over human rights issues."

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