BREAKING: Hong Kong pollster under investigation over allegedly assisting fugitive – reports
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong pollster Robert Chung has been taken in for questioning on suspicion of assisting a fugitive, according to local media reports.
The office of the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI) was also searched by national security police on Monday morning, according to a HKFP reporter on the scene.
The news came weeks after Robert Chung said that PORI’s operations would not be impacted following the announcement that its former deputy CEO, Chung Kim-wah, had been issued an arrest warrant on suspicion of national security offences.
Citing sources, local media reported that Robert Chung had been taken from his home by national security police on Monday morning.
HKFP has reached out to the police and PORI for comment.
Police on December 24 issued arrest warrants and placed HK$1 million bounties on Chung Kim-wah and five other overseas Hongkongers, accusing them of inciting secession and colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
Responding to the matter during a press conference, Robert Chung said the arrest warrant against Chung Kim-wah “appears to have no connection to HKPORI, and I remain calm about the situation.”
Beijing inserted national security legislation directly into Hong Kong’s mini-constitution in June 2020 following a year of pro-democracy protests and unrest. It criminalised subversion, secession, collusion with foreign forces and terrorist acts – broadly defined to include disruption to transport and other infrastructure. The move gave police sweeping new powers and led to hundreds of arrests amid new legal precedents, while dozens of civil society groups disappeared. The authorities say it restored stability and peace to the city, rejecting criticism from trade partners, the UN and NGOs.
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