Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants for eight overseas activists

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Hong Kong police on Monday accused eight overseas-based activists of serious national security offences including foreign collusion and incitement to secession and offered rewards for information leading to their arrest. | Reuters

The notices accused the activists of asking foreign powers to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and China.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly criticised the decision to issue the arrest warrants and said his government “will not tolerate any attempts by China to intimidate and silence individuals in the UK and overseas”. Chinese and Hong Kong authorities say the law has restored the stability necessary for preserving Hong Kong’s economic success.Several of the accused activists said they would not cease their Hong Kong advocacy work.

Former Democratic party lawmaker Ted Hui told Reuters the “bounty” adds to the arrest warrants already issued for him under the national security law, but “free countries will not extradite us”. “One key thing I urge President Biden to do immediately is to say a strong and firm NO to John Lee’s possible entry into the United States for November’s APEC meeting in San Francisco,” Kwok wrote.

Nathan Law, who obtained refugee status in the UK two years ago, said that people in Hong Kong should not cooperate. “We should not limit ourselves, self-censor, be intimidated, or live in fear,” he said on Twitter.

 

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