Hong Kong issues arrest warrant for activist, 19, in UK
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Hong Kong has imposed arrest warrants and HK$1m bounties on six pro-democracy campaigners, including a 19-year-old living in the UK after fleeing the city. Seven others have had their Hong Kong passports revoked as the city cracks down on those it deems to have violated national security laws introduced in 2020 after protests the year before.
It brings the total of exiled Hong Kongers with arrest warrants and bounties worldwide to 19. Activist Chloe Cheung, 19, said she was woken up "by dozens of people phoning and texting me" overnight as the Hong Kong authorities held a news conference at which she and five others were named in a new list of people with HK$1m (£102,663) bounties on their heads.
She is accused of "incitement to secession" and "collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security". Official documents say this is for publishing articles as a "core member" of the US-based Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, giving speeches and posting on social media "advocating separating Hong Kong from China and requested foreign countries to impose sanctions or blockade, engage in other hostile activities against China and Hong Kong".
Ms Cheung said she fled Hong Kong in 2020 after going to protests as a teenager where she "faced tear gas and batons and bullets from the Hong Kong police". Jimmy Lai testifies in Hong Kong trial that could see him jailed for life. Using the internet may help older people's mental health, says new study.
