The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) reportedly raided the household house of fugitive pro-democracy activist Nathan Regulation on Tuesday. Regulation is accused of violating the National Security Law, which was handed on June 30, 2020.
Having fled Hong Kong for the UK (UK), Regulation is alleged to have dedicated offenses below the Nationwide Safety Regulation, which police say “significantly endanger nationwide safety.” These embody “incitement to secession”, “subversion”, “incitement to subversion”, and “collusion with a overseas nation or with exterior components to hazard nationwide safety.”
Possessing a search warrant, the HKPF raided the household house of Regulation and questioned his dad and mom and older brother on whether or not they had aided Regulation, together with whether or not they offered him with monetary assist. Whereas Regulation’s dad and mom and older brother weren’t arrested, they’re purportedly nonetheless below investigation by the HKPF.
In response to the raiding of Regulation’s household house, Hong Kong Chief Government John Lee stated that the HKPF has acquired data on Regulation and the opposite seven fugitives which have additionally allegedly violated the Nationwide Safety Regulation. Nevertheless, Lee said that he is not going to presently reveal the data.
Beforehand on July 3, the HKPF supplied bounties of HK$1 million every for the arrest of Regulation and 7 different fugitives which have additionally been accused of violating the Nationwide Safety Regulation. In response to this, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) demonstrated assist for the HKPF in reference to arresting the eight fugitives. The HKSAR stated in its press launch that:
It’s the constitutional duty of the HKSAR to safeguard nationwide safety, and it’s the frequent duty of all of the individuals in China, together with the individuals of Hong Kong, to safeguard the sovereignty, unification and territorial integrity of the Individuals’s Republic of China. The HKSAR Authorities shall proactively forestall, suppress, and impose punishment for any act and exercise endangering nationwide safety in accordance with the Nationwide Safety Regulation and different related legal guidelines[.]
For the reason that implementation of the Nationwide Safety Regulation, 260 individuals aged between 15 and 90 have been arrested for breaching the regulation. Whereas Regulation has fled Hong Kong, Lee has expressed dedication in arresting all eight fugitives—together with him. He stated, “I additionally wish to inform the criminals that, nicely, the one strategy to finish their future of being an abscondee who will probably be pursued for all times is to give up.” He additionally said, “We should always deal with the individuals needed by police, particularly those that violated the nationwide safety regulation, as rats on the street that ought to be averted for our sake.”
Source / Picture: jurist.org
