Moved to Canada - will be 'hunted for life'
Democracy activist Agnes Chow's parents have been questioned in Hong Kong after she herself moved to Canada and thus violated the terms of her parole. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.
Both parents must have participated voluntarily and chosen to help the investigation, according to sources to the newspaper.
Agnes Chow is in Canada for studies and announced earlier this month on Facebook that she will "never return to Hong Kong".
Several prominent democracy activists have left Hong Kong since the new national security law came into force in 2020. According to the SCMP, the Hong Kong police have issued a total equivalent to SEK 1.3 million in rewards for anyone who can contribute to the return of wanted persons abroad.
A police spokesman said on Thursday that it condemned what it described as Chow's flight from justice, and vowed that she and others in similar positions would be "hunted for life".
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The activist: "The surveillance in Hong Kong was torture"
The surveillance in Hong Kong was "torture, both physical and psychological", says democracy activist Tony Cheung to The Guardian.
Cheung, who was a prominent figure in Hong Kong's student uprising, arrived in Britain on Thursday to seek asylum. He claims, among other things, to have been offered money to spy on other activists and forbidden to have a regular job.
22-year-old Tony Cheung was released from prison in June this year. He is one of the youngest people to be convicted under Hong Kong's new national security law, which is believed to have been created in part to curb pro-democracy protests in the region.
Cheung was banned from leaving Hong Kong without permission, but managed to get to the UK via Japan.
- I already miss Hong Kong. It was a very difficult decision to make, Cheung told the newspaper.
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