Hong Kong authorities are offering 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($128,000) for information leading to the arrest of 8 activists fighting for human rights and democracy in the region.
Finn Lau, a self-exiled activist from Hong Kong, at a rally in London in June 2022.The U.S., Britain and Australia, all of which suspended their extradition treaties with Hong Kong after the national security law was imposed, condemned the bounties, describing them as an attempt by China to intimidate and silence overseas critics.
Since moving abroad, the activists have “continued to instigate the division of the country and subversion of state power, acting as pawns for external anti-China forces in their effort to interfere in Hong Kong affairs,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular briefing in Beijing on Tuesday., Hong Kong’s top leader, has said the eight activists will be “pursued for life,” urging them to surrender.
Besides Lau, those targeted by the bounties include activists Nathan Law and Anna Kwok, former lawmakers Dennis Kwok and Ted Hui, lawyer and legal scholar Kevin Yam, union leader Mung Siu-tat and online commentator Yuan Gong-yi. “There will be people who are incentivized to give out my information, my whereabouts,” said Law, who like Lau lives in London.Law said he intended to travel only to countries that have suspended their extradition agreements with Hong Kong.Yam, an Australian citizen living in Melbourne, said Wednesday that he would “continue to live my life normally.”
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