Top pollster Robert Chung questioned for assisting fugitive: sources

Veteran pollster and Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute president Robert Chung Ting-yiu was taken by the national security police this morning for allegedly aiding a fugitive by providing assistance, according to sources.

Chung was taken away by the officers from his residence in Pok Fu Lam at around 9 am on Monday.

It was learned that he was alleged to have helped 64-year-old political commentator Chung Kim-wah, who was put on the police wanted list for "Incitement to secession" and "Collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security."

Police have placed a HK$1 million bounty on Chung Kim-wah, who was among other five who are said to have absconded overseas and are suspected of having committed offenses under the national security law.

Sources said Robert Chung Ting-yiu was taken as the national police officers investigating Chung Kim-wah's fund-flow.