Hong Kong cancels passports of 6 ‘fugitive’ activists in UK, inc. Nathan Law, under new security law provision
The Hong Kong authorities have cancelled the passports of six “fugitive” self-exiled activists in the UK, including Nathan Law, exercising new powers under a recently-enacted security law for the first time. Under the locally legislated Article 23 security law, the security chief also applied the special measures against Christopher Mung, Finn Lau, Simon Cheng, Johnny Fok and Tony Choi. The six were among 13 overseas Hongkongers issued with arrest warrants last July and December over alleged national security offences, with a HK$1 million bounty on each of their heads. “These lawless wanted cr...