Hong Kong activist's father convicted under national security law over insurance policy
Government
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court convicted the father of a wanted activist on Wednesday (Feb 11) for handling money belonging to his daughter overseas, the first such verdict issued under the city's national security law. Authorities in the Chinese finance hub have vowed to pursue overseas "fugitives" accused of endangering national security and have issued bounties on 34 people so far, moves decried by some Western countries as transnational repression. Hong Kong placed a HK$1 million (US$128,000)
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