Hong Kong Police judgment Family of Pro-Democracy activist, says reports

The police in Hong Kong have arrested the father and brother of the US-Democracy activist Anna Kwok, based in the US, for alleged help with her finances, according to media reports.

It is the first time that the family members of a “Absconder” are being charged Territory’s security legislationSaid Reuters News Agency.

The authorities accused Mrs. Kwok, 26, of violating the national security laws of Hong Kong after Participate in pro-democracy protests in 2019.

She fled the territory in 2020 and now acts as executive director of the Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC), an organization based in Washington DC.

The police said they had arrested two men of 35 years and 68 on suspicion of dealing with “funds or other financial assets” from Kwok, Reuters said.

Local media later identified the two men as family members of MS Kwok, with reference to police sources.

According to a report from the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the police started an investigation into the couple after they met Mrs. Kwok Overzee.

The 68-year-old, identified by local media as Mrs. Kwok’s father Kwok Yin-Sang, is accused of helping his daughter to handle her insurance policy on his return to Hong Kong.

According to a Van Reuters indictment magazine, Kwok Yin-Sang had tried to gain access to Mrs. Kwok’s life and personal accident insurance that could be used to obtain money on behalf of her.

He was denied bail by the national security judge Victor, ie at the courts of West Kowloon Magistrates, Reuters reported.

The 35-year-old man, identified by local media as Mrs. Kwok’s brother, is accused of supporting their father’s attempts to raise the money, Reuters said.

He is reportedly released on bail in anticipation of further investigation.

In 2023, Hong Kong placed a premium on the heads of various pro-democracy activists – Including Mrs. Kwok – who had fled the territory.

The eight -targeted activists were accused of working together with foreign troops – a crime that can transport a life imprisonment.

At that time, Mrs. Kwok said that the premium was aimed at intimidating her and her colleague activists.

“That is precisely the kind of things that the government of Hong Kong and the Chinese Communist Party would do – namely to intimidate people to do nothing, to silence them,” she told BBC’s Nieuwshour at the time.

The Former British colony became a special administrative region of China In 1997, when the 99-year-old lease of Great Britain of the new areas, north of Hong Kong Island, went.

Hong Kong still enjoys freedoms that are not seen on mainland China, but it is generally believed to take.