US EditionHong Kong Cancels Passports and Bans Financial Support for 16 Overseas Activists
HONG KONG, AUG 4 – Authorities banned financial support and property dealings with 16 activists overseas, citing national security risks and offering rewards up to HK$1 million for information on their arrests.
- On Monday, Hong Kong authorities intensified measures against the 16 overseas-based activists, canceling passports for 12 and banning financial support, the government said.
- Prior arrest warrants were issued in July, and three of the activists were already targeted by similar measures last year, following the 2020 national security law imposed by the Beijing government.
- Hong Kong properties in Hong Kong cannot be leased to suspects or joint ventures formed with them, and violating penalties of up to seven years in prison, police said.
- The Chinese Foreign Ministry insisted the actions were legitimate, while the UK Foreign and Home Secretaries warned they will not tolerate attempts to coerce critics overseas, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the moves as extraterritorial repression.
- Criticism has emerged as the 16 activists remain abroad in the U.K., the U.S., Canada, Germany, Australia, Thailand and Taiwan, amid Hong Kong's extradition measures.
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Hong Kong voids passports, bans aid for 16 overseas activists
HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities on Monday strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security, implementing measures that include banning financial support to them and canceling passports for most of them. The activists were among 19 people who were targeted with arrest warrants in July for alleged roles in Hong Kong Parliament, a group the police called…
Hong Kong cancels passports, bans financial support for wanted overseas activists
Hong Kong authorities on Monday strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security, implementing measures that include banning financial support to them and cancelling passports for most of them.
Hong Kong Cancels Passports of 12 Activists Based Overseas
Authorities in Hong Kong on Aug. 4 canceled the passports of 12 activists based overseas, 10 days after arrest warrants were issued, accusing them of subversion under a national security law. On July 25, a total of 19 activists were accused of organizing, establishing, or taking part in a group called the “Hong Kong Parliament.” Three of the 19—Elmer Yuen Gong-yi, Johnny Fok Ka-chi, and Choi Ming-da—had their passports canceled last year, and no…
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