Hongkong setzt Belohnungen für die Festnahme von sechs Aktivisten im Ausland aus

Why don’t they just use one of their little extradomestic police stations to catch him?

HK appears so heavy handed enforcing the NSL.

In another article, Cheung perfectly encapsulated the ridiculousness of Beijing’s behaviour:

>Separately, Cheung, who is based in the U.K., said in an Instagram post that “even in the face of a powerful enemy, I will continue to do what I believe is right.”

>“How fragile, incompetent, and cowardly does a regime have to be to believe that I, a 19-year-old, ordinary Hongkonger, can ‘endanger’ and ‘divide’ the country? How panicked are they that they have to put a million-dollar bounty on me?” she asked.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-arrest-warrants-bounties-activists-1.7418476

>Hong Kong police have offered rewards of HK$1m (£103,000; $129,000) for information leading to the arrests of six pro-democracy activists living in the UK and Canada.

>Among them is Tony Chung, the former leader of a pro-independence group who fled to the UK last year.

>The group – which includes a former district councillor, an actor, and a YouTuber – have been lobbying for more democracy in the territory. All have been accused of violating the city’s national security law.

>Human Rights Watch said the warrants were “a cowardly act of intimidation that aims to silence Hong Kong people” and called on the UK and Canadian governments to push back.

>Also on the wanted list is former district councillor Carmen Lau and activist Chloe Cheung. Both are based in the UK and lobby on behalf of two NGOs calling for more democracy in Hong Kong.

>The Hong Kong police have issued arrest warrants for political commentator and pollster Chung Kim-wah, who left Hong Kong for the UK in 2022, as well as two people based in Canada: former actor Joseph Tay, who co-founded the NGO HongKonger Station, and Youtuber Victor Ho.

>Mr Ho has been charged with subversion while the other six have been accused inciting secession and collusion with a foreign country or external forces.

>According to Hong Kong’s public broadcaster RTHK, the arrest warrants were announced by the city’s top police chiefs on Tuesday, who accused some of the wanted activists of repeatedly requesting foreign countries to impose sanctions and other measures against China and Hong Kong.

>Mr Chung was first convicted in 2021 for calling for Hong Kong’s secession and was released in June last year.

>He posted on Instagram on Tuesday that it was “an honour to become the first Hongkonger to be charged twice under the National Security Law”.

>Mr Chung said the news came as no surprise to him as he breached a supervision order after his release from prison by fleeing to the UK last year.

>”I knew this day would come. From the moment I decided to leave Hong Kong, I was fully aware that I would not be able to return for a long time,” he wrote.

>Ms Lau posted on X that the warrant would not stop her advocacy work. She called on the UK, US and EU governments to impose sanctions on “Hong Kong human rights perpetrators”.

>She also asked the British Labour government to “seriously reconsider its strategies for tackling transnational repression targeting Hong Kongers” and to look at blocking the expansion of China’s embassy in Tower Hill.

>Earlier this month, Tower Hamlets councillors voted unanimously to reject plans for the new Chinese embassy. However, the verdict is only advisory and not binding and it will be up to deputy prime minister and communities secretary Angela Rayner to decide whether to grant permission or not.

Yo Tony, if you need a bed in germany, hit me up!