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Hong Kong’s Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung has condemned an “unfounded and fact-twisting” article published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on the weekend, with the article circling around the city’s youngest fugitive wanted for national security offenses.
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In a letter to the BBC’s editor on Sunday, the security chief accused the BBC of “depriving readers of their right to the truth” by not including the SAR government’s response in the interview with Chloe Cheung Hei-ching, who is wanted for alleged national security offenses.
“We are also extremely appalled that you have chosen not to include the response of the [HKSAR] Government in the article despite your inquiry on this topic, thus depriving your readers of their right to the truth. It is disappointing that the BBC would allow publication of such a biased article,” the letter read.
Tang said the wanted persons, including Cheung, who have fled overseas to escape justice, are suspected of continuing to commit offenses under the Hong Kong National Security Law.
He said the SAR government will exhaust all means to pursue and combat criminals absconding overseas, and also reject any attempt by external forces to undermine Hong Kong in a way that threatens national security.
Cheung, 20, left the city in August 2020 and is now based in the United Kingdom. She was placed on the wanted list by national security police with a HK$1 million bounty last December on suspicion of incitement to secession and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security.
