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Hong Kong Court Sentences Father of Pro-Democracy Activist for National Security Violation

A Hong Kong court has sentenced Kwok Yin-sang, father of pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok, to eight months in prison for a national security violation. This marks the first case targeting a family member of a wanted activist living abroad. Kwok attempted to withdraw funds from an insurance policy he bought for his daughter, who left Hong Kong in 2020 and is now one of thirty-four activists wanted by authorities with a one-million-Hong Kong-dollar bounty on her head. Anna believes her fathers prosecution is meant to silence her work overseas. The conviction came under the new Article twenty-three law, which has been criticized for stifling opposition and highlighting the reach of these laws into family finances.

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