Overview

• Authorities have canceled Hong Kong passports for 12 of the 16 activists designated as absconders under the new measures.
• Secretary for Security Chris Tang has barred any financial dealings, property leases or joint ventures with the remaining activists.
• Violations of these orders carry a penalty of up to seven years’ imprisonment under the national security ordinance.
• The targeted activists, including Victor Ho, Keung Ka-wai, Chongyi Feng and Gong Sasha, are hiding in the U.K., U.S., Canada, Germany, Australia, Thailand and Taiwan.
• Western governments, led by the United States, United Kingdom and European Union, have condemned the crackdown as coercive transnational repression.