Chow put on wanted list as Hui declared bankrupt

Self-exiled activist Agnes Chow Ting has been placed on the police wanted list.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (national security) Andrew Kan Kai-yan criticized Chow's actions, describing them as a complete disregard for law and order and highlighting her lack of integrity.

He said the police will spare no effort in bringing her to justice.

Kan also urged Chow, 27, to reflect on her actions and take responsibility before it becomes too late for regrets.

"Fugitives should not have any delusions they can evade legal liabilities by absconding from Hong Kong," he said, adding Chow will remain wanted for the rest of her life unless she surrenders herself.

Chow, a core member of the now-defunct Demosisto party, is pursuing a master's degree at University of Toronto.

She was released on bail in June 2021 after serving a 10-month prison term but was required her to surrender her passport and report regularly to the police.

Originally, she was scheduled to report to the police in late December. However, on her birthday, December 3, she announced via Instagram that she had decided to jump bail and would never return to the city.

News of Chow's entry on the wanted list came as the high court ordered bankruptcy proceedings against self-exiled former legislator Ted Hui Chi-fung.

Hui failed to pay the legal costs associated with his social unrest-related cases. In November, the Department of Justice filed a bankruptcy petition against Hui, who is now in exile in Australia and has a HK$1 million bounty on him issued by the national security police.

The Department of Justice was absent from the brief hearing held yesterday.

Hui had been involved in four criminal cases and was granted bail by the court to leave in November 2020 for a foreign visit to Denmark in his capacity as a legislator.

Upon setting foot on Danish soil, he announced his exile, bringing four additional counts of contempt of court against him for missing hearings and misleading the police about returning afterward.

Last year, the high court found Hui guilty on all four counts and sentenced him to 3 years and to pay legal costs.