Hong Kong's leader has called on eight overseas activists to turn themselves in a day after police put out bounties on them for violating the city's national security law. | ManilaBulletin
The United States condemned Hong Kong authorities for issuing bounties saying the move sets a dangerous precedent that could threaten human rights
All eight fled Hong Kong after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the financial hub in 2020 to quell dissent after huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019 were quashed. "British politicians have openly offered protection for fugitives," a spokesperson for Beijing's embassy in London said in a statement late Monday, condemning what it called "crude interference in Hong Kong's rule of law and China's internal affairs."
The remaining four are activists Elmer Yuen Gong-yi, Finn Lau Cho-dik, Anna Kwok Fung-yee and Kevin Yam Kin-fung. "We call on the Hong Kong government to immediately withdraw this bounty, respect other countries' sovereignty, and stop the international assertion of the National Security Law imposed by Beijing."
The national security law -- which has reshaped Hong Kong society and busted down the legal firewall that once existed between the special autonomous region and the mainland -- has the power to hold accused people across the world accountable. "This reflects how far Hong Kong has fallen," Yam said. "The Hong Kong and China authorities are trying to say that their laws have global reach."
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