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The Hong Kong security office announces measures on the alleged role of activists in unofficial parliament abroad.
Hong Kong authorities have canceled the passports of 12 militants based abroad in their last repression of activities that claim to threaten national security.
The Hong Kong security office announced on Monday measures after a local court released arrest warrants last month for the 12 activists and seven other pro-democracy activists for their alleged role in the creation of an unofficial parliament abroad.
The office said that it also prohibited people from providing financial support or renting goods to 16 “cracks” and concluding joint ventures or partnerships with them.
The desired activists include Chongyi Feng, an Australian citizen and professor at the Sydney University of Technology, and Sasha Gong, an American citizen and journalist who worked before for Voice of America.
The Hong Kong authorities allege that the participation of the 19 activists in the advocacy group “Parliament of the Hong Kong Parliament” constitutes a subversion under the National Security Act of the Chinese City.
A spokesman for the Hong Kong government said the activists had continued to “clearly engage in activities that endanger national security” while hiding in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
The Hong Kong Parliament condemned the announcement of arrest mandates and bonuses for activists as a “blatant abuse of legal instruments to continue political persecution”.
“These actions represent a clear escalation of the transnational repression of Beijing, extending its coercive scope beyond the borders of China and infringing the sovereignty of the democratic nations, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and the members of the European Union,” said the group.
Formerly known for its political opposition and its media, Hong Kong has radically reduced the space of dissent since the introduction of a Depaned National Security Act in Beijing in 2020 in response to violent antigan demonstrations.
The opposition parties were effectively eliminated from the city’s legislature and public commemorations of sensitive events, such as the Massacre of the Tiananmen square in 1989, essentially prohibited.
Hong Kong Managing Director John Lee said last month that 332 people had been arrested for national offenses since 2020.
Officials of the Chinese and Hong Kong continent defended the law and additional national security legislation introduced in 2024, if necessary to restore stability to the city after the turmoil caused by mass demonstrations.
