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submitted 20 hours ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

Hong Kong police have offered rewards of HK$1m (£103,000; $129,000) for information leading to the arrests of six pro-democracy activists living in the UK and Canada.

Among them is Tony Chung, the former leader of a pro-independence group who fled to the UK last year.

The group - which includes a former district councillor, an actor, and a YouTuber - have been lobbying for more democracy in the territory.

[...]

Also on the wanted list is former district councillor Carmen Lau and activist Chloe Cheung. Both are based in the UK and lobby on behalf of two NGOs calling for more democracy in Hong Kong.

[...]

Ms Lau posted on [social media] that the warrant would not stop her advocacy work. She called on the UK, US and EU governments to impose sanctions on "Hong Kong human rights perpetrators".

She also asked the British Labour government to "seriously reconsider its strategies for tackling transnational repression targeting Hong Kongers" and to look at blocking plans for a new Chinese embassy in Tower Hill.

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[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Oh? Was China recently granted arrest jurisdiction in the UK and Canada?

Or are they actually talking about abduction, which AFAIK is still illegal in both countries and would be a violation of their sovereignty?

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 18 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Hi.

I'm Tony Chung.

Your secret police can glaze my cock with the honey your master so dearly loves. And then proceed to choke on it.

For free.

Because democracy.

The rest of you brainless, bootlicking, thugs and status seeking beaureaucrats who fall in line to a fat fuck with a haircut that's only worse than Kim jong and trump's, can eat the corn out of my shit.

Oh, bother.

[-] Viri4thus@feddit.org 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

US State department offers reward for the capture of 6 terrorists that evaded capture. Oh wait... Wrong gov.

The whole HK "democracy" movement is so close to the opium war activism that it's insane.

[-] tardigrada@beehaw.org 17 points 19 hours ago

Viri4thus@feddit.org

This, of course, is a completely fabricated 'comment.'

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 19 hours ago

I have no idea what I just read re:"opium war activism" ... search engine seems to see no difference between "activist" and "participant", with no distinctions like "perpetrator"/"aggressor" or "victim".

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 15 points 17 hours ago

It makes sense if you see it as an AI bot run by the Chinese state.

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 17 hours ago

Even starting from that point, its exceptionally non-sensical.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 8 points 17 hours ago

lol true enough

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