UK condemns Hong Kong cash offer for help in arresting activists
England condemned the latest cash offer from Hong Kong officials for people who helped the arrest of pro -democracy activists living in the UK.
In a joint statement, Foreign Minister David Lammy and Interior Minister Yette Cooper movement called “another example of the transnational pressure”.
People are offered between $ 25,000 ($ 200,000 hk) and $ 125,000 for information that led to the arrest of 19 people, all of them, all of them, all living in pro -democracy activists.
China condemned it as a critique of “intervention” about this type of appeal.
19 people are accused of violating the Beijing National Security Law in 2020 in response to the 2019 anti -government protests, which has shook the city for months.
The amounts offered vary depending on the individual. Among the highest offers on the list, Hong Kong police said that the police run a social media channel called “Tuesday”. The Hong Kong Legislative Council is also on the lists of the Nathan Law and the activist and commentator Yuan Gong-yi.
Such first awards were released in July and December 2023. After an award was announced to the BBC, they targeted Nathan Law, who said that his life was more dangerous, and a former England consul employee Simon Cheng In 2019, he was detained in a high -profile case.
The third award series targeted six pro -democracy activists living in England and Canada, including former leader of a pro -independence group, Tony Chung.
According to the home office, a special visa plan introduced in 2021 saw that approximately 150,000 Hong Kong residents were moved to England.
In November last year, a Hong Kong Court mahkencedm mahkencedm for years imprisonment of dozens of pro -democracy after a controversial national security hearing.
“This government will continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong, including those who make their homes. We take the protection of their rights, freedoms and security very seriously.”
“Britain depends on human rights, the rule of law and the security of all individuals in the UK. Therefore, we have taken more steps to complete the disconnection of the bonds between the UK and Hong Kong return systems by removing Hong Kong from 2003.”
