The SAR government said on Wednesday it has revoked the passports of six fugitives in the UK who were wanted for alleged national security offenses, exercising powers under the city’s new homegrown national security legislation.
The city’s security chief applied the special measures against Nathan Law Kwun-chung, Christopher Mung Siu-tat, Finn Lau Cho-dik, Simon Cheng Man-kit, Johnny Fok Ka-chi and Tony Choi Ming-da. They are among 13 overseas Hongkongers issued with arrest warrants last July and December over alleged national security offenses, with the SAR government placing a HK$1 million bounty on each of them.
Apart from having their passports revoked, people will also be barred from providing funds and resources to the six, dealing with assets and property owned by the fugitives, or entering into a joint venture with them.
That includes activists active on Patreon, a fundraising platform where supporters can donate to their work, said security chief Chris Tang Ping-keung.
Those who violate the ban on the provision of funds to someone identified by the authorities as an “absconder” could face up to seven years in jail.
Meanwhile, Mung and Choi have been temporarily removed from their posts as company directors, while authorities have also ordered a temporary suspension of qualification to practice for Fok.
“These lawless wanted criminals are hiding in the United Kingdom and continue to blatantly engage in activities that endanger national security. They also make scaremongering remarks to smear and slander the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. More so, they continue to collude with external forces to protect their evil deeds. We therefore have taken such measures to give them a strong blow,” a government spokesman said.
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