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Hong Kong Cancels Passports and Bans Financial Support for 16 Overseas Activists
HONG KONG, AUG 4 – Authorities banned financial support and property dealings with 16 activists overseas, citing national security risks and offering rewards up to HK$1 million for information on their arrests.
- On Monday, Hong Kong authorities intensified measures against the 16 overseas-based activists, canceling passports for 12 and banning financial support, the government said.
- Prior arrest warrants were issued in July, and three of the activists were already targeted by similar measures last year, following the 2020 national security law imposed by the Beijing government.
- Hong Kong properties in Hong Kong cannot be leased to suspects or joint ventures formed with them, and violating penalties of up to seven years in prison, police said.
- The Chinese Foreign Ministry insisted the actions were legitimate, while the UK Foreign and Home Secretaries warned they will not tolerate attempts to coerce critics overseas, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the moves as extraterritorial repression.
- Criticism has emerged as the 16 activists remain abroad in the U.K., the U.S., Canada, Germany, Australia, Thailand and Taiwan, amid Hong Kong's extradition measures.
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Hong Kong cancels passports and bans financial support for 16 overseas activists
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Newtalk News Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Security Secretary Tang Ping-keung exercised his powers under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance today (4) to publish a notice in the Gazette, specifying 16 persons, including Ho Leung-mao and Ho Ka-chi, who were issued arrest warrants by the court for suspected crimes endangering national security outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and specifying the measures to be…
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