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Hong Kong’s national security police have placed HK$1 million bounties on another five overseas activists accused of violating the national security law.
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The five activists named in the arrest warrants issued on Thursday were Simon Cheng Man-kit, Frances Hui Wing-tin, Joey Siu, Johnny Fok Ka-chi and Tony Choi Ming-da.
The newest addition took the total number of rewards being offered for information leading to each arrest of fugitives wanted in national security cases to 13.
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Chief Superintendent Li Kwai-wah of Hong Kong's National Security Department said the five were wanted for inciting secession, colluding with foreign or external forces to endanger national security, and inciting subversion of state power.
Among them, Fok and Choi had even posted videos online calling on people to join or organize foreign military forces to receive training in order to use force to overthrow the government in a bid to achieve Hong Kong independence, said Li.
Li also noted that these two individuals were involved in a case earlier where they scammed young people who had committed crimes during the 2019 protests by falsely claiming that they could help them escape Hong Kong, resulting in the victims and their families being scammed out of hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.
Meanwhile, national security police yesterday arrested four individuals, aged between 28 to 69, for funding others of secession.
The four were said to have provided financial assistance to self-exiled activists Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Ted Hui Chi-fung via an online subscription platform between December 2020 and November 2023, with the amounts involved ranging from HK$10,000 to HK$120,000.
Commenting on activist Agnes Chow Ting’s previous announcement of her preparing to jump bail for suspected national security violations, and having no plans to return to the city, Li said Chow has yet to break the law as her reporting time with the police is not yet due.
But if she chooses not to return to the city to report to the police, the force will treat her as a fugitive and have her name on the wanted list, said Li.
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