US EditionHong Kong police arrest family of pro-democracy activist, reports say
- On April 30, Hong Kong authorities detained the father and brother of Anna Kwok, a pro-democracy advocate based in the United States, on suspicion of managing her financial assets in Tseung Kwan O.
- Authorities targeted the relatives following Kwok's 2020 departure after accusing her of breaching national security laws through foreign collusion linked to her activism.
- The 68-year-old father was charged with attempting to access Kwok's insurance funds, while the 35-year-old brother was granted bail as authorities continue to investigate the matter.
- Police warned handling funds for an absconder is a serious offense punishable by up to seven years’ imprisonment, marking the first national security prosecution of a wanted activist's relatives.
- The arrests signal heightened enforcement of Hong Kong's controversial security laws, which Western nations and rights groups criticize for suppressing dissent and intimidating activists.
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Exiled Hong Kong Activist's Father Arrested
The Hong Kong GulagIn a move more reminiscent of Pyongyang than Asia’s putative World City, Hong Kong police last week arrested the father and brother of an exiled anti-government activist, Anna Kwok, and charged the father with violating the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance imposed on the city by Beijing to throttle its unruly activists who wer…
Hong Kong: Targeting of Exiled Activists’ Families Escalates
Click to expand Image The Hong Kong activist Nathan Law takes part in a demonstration outside the Foreign Office in Berlin, September 1, 2020. © 2020 Tobias Schwarz / AFP via Getty Images (Taipei) – The Hong Kong police arrested the father of a prominent US-based activist, Anna Kwok, on April 30, 2025, and charged him with a national security crime, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrest of Kwok Yin-sang was the first such prosecution of a fa…
Wanted activist Anna Kwok’s father detained pending trial for attempting to handle financial assets of ‘absconder’
The father of self-exiled HK activist Anna Kwok has been detained pending trial for allegedly attempting to handle the financial assets of an "absconder."
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