Hong Kong police placed bounties on eight prominent democracy activists in self-imposed exile overseas, offering HK$1 million rewards each for information leading to their arrests.
The activists, including former lawmakers Nathan Law, Dennis Kwok and Ted Hui, have been accused of violating national security offenses ranging from collusion with foreign forces to subversion of state power. After leaving Hong Kong in recent years, many of the activists have continued to speak out against what they say is Beijing’s crackdown on their home city’s freedoms and autonomy.
Many of Hong Kong’s prominent pro-democracy figures have either been detained or fled into self-imposed exile. The Hong Kong government has repeatedly denied the national security law is suppressing freedoms. Instead, it insists the law has ended chaos and restored stability to the city. On Monday, police told a press conference 260 people had been arrested under the national security law, with 79 of them convicted for offenses including subversion and terrorism.
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