Hong Kong police is offering a reward of $1 million Hong Kong dollars for information leading to the arrest of each activist.
that the legislation was aimed at prohibiting secession, subversion of state power, terrorism activities and foreign interference. Critics believe the security law undermines the autonomy promised to Hong Kong for 50 years after it was handed over from the U.K. to China on July 1, 1997.for information leading to the arrest of each activist and warned the public it's illegal to offer them any form of financial assistance.
The State Department also called on the Hong Kong government to withdraw the "bounty" and stop the international assertion of the national security law.while British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the U.K. government "will not tolerate any attempts by China to intimidate and silence individuals in the UK and overseas."
"The U.K. will always defend the universal right to freedom of expression and stand up for those who are targeted," he saidThe accused are activists Nathan Law, Anna Kwok and Finn Lau, unionist Mung Siu-tat, online commentator Yuan Gong-yi, former legislators Dennis Kwok and Ted Hui as well as lawyer and legal scholar Kevin Yam, who is an Australian citizen. Many Hong Kong activists left the city after it implemented the national security law and sought asylum in countries like the U.
The Hong Kong government's charges also accuse the activists of "instigating" foreign powers to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and China. "I have not accepted any foreign govt funding, nor am I employed by any govt agencies. I don't accept any commands or orders," Law
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