Hong Kong police offered on Monday HK$1 million bounties for information leading to the capture of eight prominent democracy activists based abroad and wanted for national security crimes. | ManilaBulletin
All eight fled Hong Kong after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the financial hub in mid-2020 to quell dissent after huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019 were quashed.
All eight are alleged to have colluded with foreign forces to endanger national security -- an offence that carries a sentence of up to life in prison."They advocated for sanctions to damage Hong Kong's interests and intimidate Hong Kong's officials with some targeting specifically some judges and prosecutors," Li said."But we will not stop ", he said.
"We call on the Hong Kong government to immediately withdraw this bounty, respect other countries' sovereignty, and stop the international assertion of the National Security Law imposed by Beijing." The national security law -- which has reshaped Hong Kong society and busted down the legal firewall that once existed between the special autonomous region and the mainland -- has the power to hold accused people across the world accountable.
"This reflects how far Hong Kong has fallen," Yam said. "The Hong Kong and China authorities are trying to say that their laws have global reach."
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