Chinese nationalist newspaper Global Times has released undated photographs showing Hong Kong activists meeting a man later charged with endangering China’s national security.
A Chinese nationalist newspaper has released undated photographs showing Hong Kong activists meeting a man later charged with endangering China’s national security, but the activists deny receiving funding from him.
But Chow and Leung both denied the accusation on Tuesday, with Chow saying they “don’t actually know” Lee and did not obtain funding from him. Global Times did not disclose the sources of the photos, saying only that both were obtained from sources “who have contacts with Lee Henley Hu Xiang in Hong Kong”.
Chinese state media has accused Lee of “providing a large amount of funds to hostile elements in the United States, colluding with foreign anti-China forces to intervene in Hong Kong affairs, and funding the implementation of criminal activities that endangered [China’s] national security”. “I would like to know what this person and I did after meeting outside a mall,” Chow said. “Where did we go, and what did we do? How did that endanger national security, if that’s even a thing?”
Global Times said Lee faced trial in mainland China because he sourced funding from there. “But we still lack an effective legal weapon to target those who source overseas funding to support Hong Kong independence movements, due to the lack of national security legislation in Hong Kong,” it said.
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