US EditionAustralia raises concerns with China over letters targeting Hong Kong dissident in Australia
- Australia has raised concerns about anonymous letters offering a HK$1 million reward for information on Kevin Yam Kin-fung, a Hong Kong activist living in Melbourne.
- The letters include a photo of Yam and details about his alleged offences, as reported by a UK-based newspaper.
- The Australian government stated, "We will not tolerate surveillance, harassment or intimidation against individuals or family members here in Australia."
- Yam declared on social media, "I will not voluntarily return to Hong Kong before it is free.
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Sydney Morning Herald
I have a price on my head. I hope my neighbours won’t try to cash in
This week, letters arrived at homes in Melbourne offering a $200,000 bounty on my head. It would be claimable if I was taken to Hong Kong. In short, the letters call for me to be kidnapped.
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Australian leaders have responded after mysterious flyers were delivered to local postboxes offering supposed financial rewards for information on a Hong Kong (HK) pro-democracy activist Kevin Yam in Melbourne. Another set of material purported to be marketing leaflets for ex-HK legislator Ted Hui, who currently works for a local law firm, claims he is a “pro-Israel man” siding with “Israel to wage war against” Islamic terrorism. Those flyers we…
Australia raises concerns with China over letters targeting Hong Kong dissident in Australia
Australia Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday she had raised with China concerns over anonymous letters sent to Australians offering a reward for information on the whereabouts of an Australian-based Hong Kong dissident.
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