Police warn Agnes Chow 'not to choose a path of no return'

Police issued a stern warning after activist Agnes Chow Ting said she would jump bail after being arrested for a national security offense. The force also urged her "not to choose a path of no return." 

The National Security Department of the police force on Monday strongly condemned the "irresponsible action" of a woman claiming to jump police bail on social media recently - without naming Chow - adding it was "against and challenging the rule of law."

The force stated that the woman concerned was arrested on August 10, 2020 for suspected "collusion with external elements" and has been released on bail.

"She earlier disclosed to police that she wished to study abroad and provided admission documents as proof," the statement wrote. "Hence, the National Security Department returned the travel documents to her and extended her bail until December."

Police urged Chow to "immediately turn back before it is too late" and "not to choose a path of no return," or she would bear the stigma of "fugitive" for the rest of her life.

The SAR government also strongly condemned Chow's acts in a statement and said her credibility had gone “bankrupt."

“Unless fugitives surrender themselves, otherwise they would be pursued for life,” it wrote.

Agnes Chow Ting, a former member and standing committee member of the now-dissolved political party, Demosisto, said yesterday on social media that she has chosen not to return to Hong Kong at the end of December as initially scheduled to report to the police.

Separately, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Hong Kong is a law-based society and no one has a privilege beyond law when he was asked about Chow's case at a daily briefing. He added that any illegal acts will be punished.

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