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Hong Kong police arrest family of wanted activist
The Independent
|May 04, 2025
Police in Hong Kong have arrested the father and brother of a US-based pro-democracy activist for allegedly helping with her finances, according to reports.
This is the first time the city's national security law has been used against the family of an "absconder" - in this case Anna Kwok reports said. The offence is punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Ms Kwok, the executive director of the Washington-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, is one of 19 activists wanted by Hong Kong's national security police. She is on self-imposed exile in the US after she was accused of national security offences including foreign collusion and incitement to secession, and a bounty of HK$1m (£97,241) is offered on her arrest.
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