The The Canadian government has released a statement On Saturday, the authorities of Hong Kong convicted worldwide arrest trips for pro-democracy activists and some Canadians.
The police of Hong Kong announced on Friday rewards for information that led to the arrest of 19 overseas activists for their role in what they called a subversive organization abroad, and accused them of violating a National Security Act imposed by Beijing.
“The persons who were focused on the National Security Act in Hong Kong yesterday (Friday) in Hong Kong include Canadians and people with close ties with Canada,” said Global Affairs Canada in the explanation.
“This attempt by Hong Kong’s authorities to perform transnational repression abroad, including through threats, intimidation or coercion against Canadians or those in Canada, will not be tolerated.”
The explanation also adds that the movement of Hong Kong “represents a deeply disturbing escalation in the use of transnational repression by the People’s Republic of China.”
Hong Kong’s police said in a statement On Friday that the group, the parliament of Hong Kong, aimed to promote self-determination and establish a so-called ‘Hong Kong Constitution’, which claimed that it used illegal means to overthrow and undermine the fundamental system of China or to ignore and undermine and undermine.
At the request of the police, the court of the city issued arrest trips for activists Elmer Yuen, Johnny Fok, Tony Choi, Victor Ho, Keung Ka-Wai and 14 others. They would have organized or have participated in an election abroad for the Hong Kong parliament, and setting up or being set up or becoming a member of the group.
According to a Facebook statement from the group on 30 June, the elections attracted approximately 15,700 valid votes via mobile app and online voice systems. It said that the candidates and elected members came from different regions, including Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, the US, Canada and Great Britain.
While the group calls itself Hong Kong parliament, the electoral committee of the electoral organization was founded in Canada and its influence is limited.
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Among the 19 activists, the police have already offered a million Hong Kong dollars (US $ 127,400) for information that leads to the arrest of Yuen, Ho, Fok and Choi when previous arrest statements were published against them. For the remaining 15 people, rewards of 200,000 Hong Kong -Dollars (US $ 25,480) were offered, where residents encouraged to provide information about the case or the people.
“The investigation is still underway. If necessary, the police will offer premiums to detect more suspects in the case,” the police said.
They also called to those who wanted to stop their actions while they can still, and said they hoped that the activists would “take this opportunity to return to Hong Kong and hand in themselves, rather than making more mistakes.”
Yuen said in a Facebook Live broadcast that the elections were not entirely successful in drawing active participation, and that the police campaign would help the group collect support for the resistance movement.
“It helps us with many advertisements,” Yuen said.
During the live chat with Yuen on Facebook, Sasha Gong, another person who was the target of the premiums, accused Hong Kong of becoming a police state. She said she is an American citizen and would report her case to the American authorities and legislators.
The explanation of Global Affairs Canada describes how the authorities of Hong Kong use digital resources to infiltrate Chinese communities abroad and in Canada to spread the word of the posted premiums.
“Fast response mechanism Canada has detected that these premiums are reinforced in a non-authentic and coordinated way, via an online network of accounts that focus on Chinese-speaking communities,” says the statement.
“The actions of Hong Kong threaten the sovereignty of Canada and the safety of people in this country.”
The British Foreign Minister David Lammy and Minister of the Interior Yvette Cooper said in a joint explanation that the warrants and premiums about people who live in Britain are “another example of transnational repression” and that the reckless behavior on British soil encourages the law.
In the past two years, the authorities of Hong Kong have published arrest trips for various activists established abroad, including former pro-democracy Wetgevers Nathan Law and Ted Hui. They have also canceled the passports of some of them under a recent security law that was introduced to the city last year.
The movements against activists established abroad have imposed criticism of foreign governments, especially in view of the fact that the former British colony was promised that the civilian freedoms and semi-autonomy in Western style would be held intact for at least 50 years when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
In March, the United States punished six Chinese and Hong Kong officials who, according to him, were involved in “transnational repression” and actions that further threaten the autonomy of the city.
But Beijing and Hong Kong insist that the national security laws were necessary for the stability of the city. The Hong Kong police have sustained that the law imposed by Beijing applies to permanent residents in Hong Kong who violate it abroad.
In retraction for the American relocation, China said in April that American officials, legislators and leaders of non-governmental organizations would punish that it says “badly performed” about issues in Hong Kong.
– with files from Global News’ Ari Rabinovitch
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