BREAKING: Daughter of wanted self-exiled activist Elmer Yuen ‘taken away’ by Hong Kong police for questioning – reports
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong national security police have “taken away” Yuen Mi-mong, the eldest daughter of wanted self-exiled activist Elmer Yuen for questioning, according to local media – including HK01 and iCable – citing sources.
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 claim.
HKFP has reached out to the police for comment.
Wanted self-exiled democrats
On July 3, national security police announced arrest warrants for eight overseas democrats, accusing them of calling for sanctions against local officials and scheming for foreign countries to undermine Hong Kong’s status as a financial centre.
Police named Yuen, along with ex-lawmakers Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok; activists Nathan Law, Anna Kwok, Mung Siu-tat and Finn Lau; and solicitor Kevin Yam. The democrats are now based in Australia, the US and the UK.
A reward of HK$1 million is being offered for each of the wanted people, police added.
Chief Executive John Lee and pro-establishment parties have voiced support for the warrants. At a press conference, Lee invited “anyone” – including the friends and family members of those wanted – to assist in their arrests.
“The government will exhaust all lawful means to apprehend criminals endangering national security… [we] will pursue them for the rest of our lives even if they run to the ends of the earth,” said the chief executive.
Meanwhile, activist groups and Western countries have decried the move. The US, where a number of the wanted democrats including Kwok and Yuen are based, said the exterritorial application of the Beijing-enacted law was a “dangerous precedent that threatens the human rights and fundamental freedoms of people all over the world.”
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