BREAKING: Hong Kong national security police issue HK$1 million bounty each for 8 self-exiled activists
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong national security police have issued arrest warrants for eight self-exiled activists, including former lawmakers Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok. The Force also offered HK$1 million for each of the wanted people.
The announcement came a week after an editorial in state-owned newspaper Ta Kung Pao cited Article 38 of the national security law, which stated that the legislation applies to people outside the city. It added that China – as a member of International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol – can request international cooperation from member countries to help apprehend fugitives.
Police named ex-lawmakers Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok; activists Nathan Law, Anna Kwok, Elmer Yuen, Mung Siu-tat and Finn Law; and barrister Kevin Yam as the eight who were wanted.
Chief superintendent of the national security police Steve Li said offering the bounties was not the Force’s way of putting on a show, but was enforcement of the law.
Police said that the group had “seriously violated the national security offences, called for sanctions against local officials and schemed for foreign countries to undermine Hong Kong’s financial status.” The eight should come forward and surrender, police added, and the courts may consider imposing a lighter penalty on them.
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