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submitted 1 day 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.

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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.

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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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[-] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 7 points 14 hours ago

Hong kong will pay £100k to kidnap people.

No other way to interpret this.

[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

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