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Ministers urged to behave after Hong Kong activists’ UK neighbours ‘bribed’ at hand them into Chinese language embassy

By Editorial Board Published March 6, 2025 5 Min Read
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Ministers urged to behave after Hong Kong activists’ UK neighbours ‘bribed’ at hand them into Chinese language embassy

The federal government is being urged by MPs to supply correct safety for Hong Kong activists within the UK after their neighbours acquired letters encouraging them at hand them in to the Chinese language embassy.

Tony Chung, 23, and former politician Carmen Lau, 30, have each had threatening letters despatched to their neighbours, providing HK$1m (£100,000) for details about them or to “deliver” them to the Chinese language embassy.

In December, Mr Chung and Ms Lau, who each fled Hong Kong after talking out towards the federal government, had HK$1m (£100,000) bounties positioned on them.

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A bunch of cross-party MPs and friends, who’re members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, has now written to safety minister Dan Jarvis, calling for Hong Kongers who’ve sought security within the UK to be supplied with a devoted “reporting address”.

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One of many letters despatched to Carmen Lau’s neighbours. Pic: X/@Carmenkamanlau

“Several victims of transnational repression have described disappointing experiences when dealing with local police,” the letter says.

“Three have been merely turned away by officers who informed them they’d not been victims of a criminal offense.

Protesters clash with riot police during a protest to demand democracy and political reforms in Hong Kong on 25 August, 2019. File pic: Reuters

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Following pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019 the Chinese language authorities launched a nationwide safety regulation and plenty of activists fled. File pic: Reuters

‘Calling 999 is adequate’

On Tuesday, former Tory chief Sir Iain Duncan Smith held up one of many neighbours’ letters within the Home of Commons as he requested Mr Jarvis: “How much longer are we going to say all these wonderful words in this House about what we stand for?”

Mr Jarvis replied: “The activity that he describes is completely unacceptable.

“The federal government is crystal clear that the sort of exercise that he has simply described isn’t acceptable and we’ll do all the things that we’re capable of do with the intention to stop it from occurring.”

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MPs and friends have despatched a letter to Dan Jarvis calling for him to assist Hong Kong activists underneath menace within the UK

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Chloe Cheung, 19, had a bounty positioned on her in December and stated she was informed by counter-terror police to name 999 and given a security booklet after being adopted by two Chinese language males in January.

“It’s not enough from the UK government or the police, it’s not acceptable,” she stated throughout a gathering of the 5 Hong Kong ladies who’ve had bounties positioned on them.

Chloe Cheung, 19, fled Hong Kong to live in the UK in 2020 after taking part in protests

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Chloe Cheung, 19, fled Hong Kong to reside within the UK in 2020 after participating in protests

‘The UK authorities hasn’t carried out something’

Ms Lau stated she receives a number of harassment and intimidation on-line, however having letters despatched to her neighbours attempting to bribe them to carry her to the Chinese language embassy exhibits how it’s “real life, it’s physical”.

She added: “We’ve also experienced being shadowed, followed, on the streets.

“It’s extremely disappointing the UK authorities hasn’t been doing something.”

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FILE - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

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Ms Lau additionally revealed police in Hong Kong questioned her distant kinfolk two days after she spoke at a protest towards the “mega embassy” China has put a planning utility in for close to the Tower of London, which a US congressional committee has warned will put the UK’s nationwide safety in danger.

The MPs say within the letter the very fact the embassy is being thought of by the federal government is just exacerbating concern from the UK’s Hong Kong and Chinese language communities as they are saying will probably be used as a spy headquarters.

They’ve requested Mr Jarvis to fulfill Mr Chung and Ms Lam to debate the problem and guarantee “dissidents in the UK are kept safe”.

The MPs and friends who signed the letter are: Lord Alton, Lord Shinkwin, Baroness D’Souza, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Chris Legislation, Alistair Carmichael, Luke Taylor, Marie Rimmer, James Naish, Phil Brickell.

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