Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that a group of exiled pro-democracy activists will be “pursued for life.” Police announced a day earlier a reward of HK$1 million (a little over $125,000) in return for any information that could lead to the arrest of any of the eight political dissidents—which includes three former lawmakers—who were accused of violating the Chinese enclave’s controversial National Security Law. “Our action is to tell everybody that endangering national security is not something we will tolerate,” Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee told the media during his weekly briefing. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The 2020 law—which was implemented to criminalize secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces—has been criticized for being used to crack down on pro-democracy figures and curb almost any form of dissent that could be viewed as a challenge to the Chinese and Hong Kong governments.
Hong Kong’s Million-dollar Bounties Are About More Than Arresting 8 Activists
Chad de Guzman, Time: World
Tue, 07/04/2023 - 4:00am
Topics: hk ldquo;our chief executive john lee australia u.k u.s ldquo;this eric lai king s college london school ldquo;we’re senior superintendent steve li international criminal police organization interpol spanish safeguard defenders anna kwok kwok ldquo;the hong chinese communist party the inter-parliamentary union malte kaeding studies hub university surrey alfred wu singapore&rsquo lee kuan yew school public policy kong a national security law i hong law time china chinese people tells world effect group
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