Team News Riveting
Hong Kong, August 8
The Hong Kong national security police have taken the parents of a wanted activist for questioning who is now based out in the United States (US).
The development marks the latest move in authorities’ investigation of eight overseas pro-democracy figures issued with arrest warrants and HK$1 million bounties for providing the tip off. Last month, national security police announced the arrest warrants for eight overseas democrats accusing them of calling for sanctions against local officials and scheming for foreign countries to undermine Hong Kong’s status as a financial centre.
Police also named businessman Elmer Yuen; ex-lawmakers Ted Hui and Dennis Kwok; activists Nathan Law, Mung Siu-tat and Finn Lau; and solicitor Kevin Yam. The democrats are now based abroad, including in Australia, the US and the UK.
Besides, Anna Kwok Fung-yee has also been listed as one of the eight pro-democracy activists wanted by the national security police.
She is accused of collusion with foreign forces endangering national security. The parents of US-based Anna Kwok were taken to a police station on Tuesday morning, local media outlets reported.
The police said in response to Hong Kong Free Press that the National Security Department took away a man and a woman for investigation in the New Territories on Tuesday. “They are suspected of assisting persons wanted by Police to continue to commit acts and engage in activities that endanger national security,” police said.
According to local media reports, police took Kwok’s parents to the police station in Tseung Kwan O and questioned them over whether they had any contact with, or had sent money, to their daughter. They were not arrested.
Kwok, 26, is the executive director of the Hong Kong Democracy Council, a non-profit organisation in the US that supports the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. Her social media page states that she is based in Washington D.C.
