HK$1m rewards target people accused of national security crimes who fled after pro-democracy protests

Summary

Hong Kong police issued HK$1m ($128,000 USD) bounties for six overseas pro-democracy activists accused of national security crimes, including inciting secession and collusion with foreign forces.

Authorities also plan to cancel the passports of seven others, such as ex-lawmakers Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok.

This follows Beijing’s 2020 national security law, which quashed political dissent after the 2019 protests.

Western governments criticized the bounties, which are largely symbolic as extradition is unlikely.

Human Rights Watch called the move an act of intimidation, urging countries like the UK and Canada to respond.

  • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    Of the three major ML servers. Lemmy.ml seems to be the only one it’s been posted to so far. With one comment. The others all seem to be ignoring it for now. Which is understandable as it exposes a lot of hypocrisy. Honestly just by posting it and saying nothing you might be able to rile them up.

    • mercphilby@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      I posted it there. And yeah, it’s all crickets because they can’t talk about it or their families will be abducted. But they can’t remove it because that would be proving it right. So, like all paid actors… they pretend it’s not happening.