Wanted in Hong Kong
‘Dozens of Hong Kong residents’ on police national security ‘wanted’ list who escaped to the West ‘will be pursued for life’
South China Morning Post • July 4, 2023 // Yahoo • July 4, 2023 // HKFP July 3, 2023
Dozens of Hongkongers have been placed on a police wanted list for alleged violations of the national security law, including people who were involved in crowdfunding drives, the Post has learned.
The news on Tuesday came a day after police offered rewards of HK$1 million (US$127,700) a head for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of eight opposition figures.
A government source said city residents suspected of offences under the national security law included people who had jumped bail and fled overseas after they were arrested by police.
The Hong Kong Police Force’s national security department on Monday said that earlier, the city court had approved the issuance of arrest warrants for eight persons including lawmakers Nathan Law, Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok, lawyer Kevin Yam, unionist Mung Siu-tat and activists Finn Lau, Anna Kwok and Elmer Yuen, the clown who had done much entertainment online. They were accused of breaching the Beijing-imposed National Security Law by committing offenses such as collusion with foreign powers and inciting secession.
Yuen, 74, who is the father-in-law of pro-establishment legislator Eunice Yung, was said to have urged foreign countries to impose sanctions on Hong Kong officials and members of the Judiciary on various online platforms between July 2020 and May 2023. He was also among the activists behind a plan to form a “Hong Kong Parliament” last year, which promoted Hongkongers’ right to self-determination. Such acts amounted to subverting the state power and foreign collusion, police said.
Local authorities in Hong Kong vowed on Tuesday to “do whatever they can” to crack down on the activities endangering national security as a local court approved the issuance of arrest warrants for eight people including infamous anti-China rioters Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Ted Hui Chi-fung.
The police in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) are offering HK$1 million ($127,627) in rewards for each of the wanted persons, which is valid until July 2, 2024. It also called on the eight persons to come back to the HKSAR and turn themselves in, so as to get reduced sentences.
Hong Kong Secretary for Security Chris Tang doubled down on the crackdown against the eight activists, saying authorities are seeking to cut access to their finances including freezing and confiscating their assets. Investigations will be conducted to find those who support them financially in Hong Kong and overseas, Tang said.
Police on Monday acknowledged they will not be able to arrest the eight if they remain overseas.
Eunice Yung, a pro-Beijing lawmaker and the daughter-in-law of Yuen, supported the police move and said she cut ties with Yuen last August.
“All his acts have nothing to do with me,” she said on Facebook.
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