{"id":1089132,"date":"2021-12-06T09:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1089132"},"modified":"2021-12-06T09:13:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:13:47","slug":"uk-cops-launch-probe-after-10000-bounty-targets-hong-kong-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-cops-launch-probe-after-10000-bounty-targets-hong-kong-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cops Launch Probe After 10,000 Bounty Targets Hong Kong Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-cops-launch-probe-after-10000-bounty-targets-hong-kong-activists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1089132&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1232316925-e1638629941526-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">British police have launched an investigation after Hong Kong activists were targeted by a \u00a310,000 anonymous bounty for information.<\/p>\n<p>The bounties, backed by a so-called \u201canonymous boss\u201d, were posted on popular Chinese social media platform WeChat, and promised \u00a310,000 to anyone able to provide either the home or work addresses of two Hong Kong democracy activists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hong Kong activists have been repeatedly targeted by the Chinese Communist Party in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Activists&nbsp;both at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/09\/27\/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-group-disbands-citing-chinese-pressure\/\">home<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/report-chinese-students-in-australia-threatened-by-beijing\/\">abroad<\/a> have been threatened in apparent efforts to undermine the current \u201cone country, two systems\u201d arrangement in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnonymous boss offers \u00a310,000 as bounty for anyone who can provide each Simon Cheng or Nathan Law\u2019s residential and work address,\u201d read the WeChat post according to a report from <em>The Telegraph.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The post was followed by a photograph of both men at an event with British MPs, including Labour\u2019s&nbsp;Stephen Kinnock.<\/p>\n<p>The bounty, which was posted in a group containing over 270 members, was reportedly followed by a number of messages regarding building a team to attack pro-Hong Kong independence campaigners in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>One of the targets of the bounty, Simon Cheng, believes the posts aim at inciting physical attacks against both himself and Law, and has not gone outside since seeing the messages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are encouraging people to hunt me down. I am concerned I will be physically attacked and I am being extremely careful,\u201d Cheng told <em>The Telegraph<\/em>, also saying&nbsp;that he had received anonymous emails warning that Chinese agents would find him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9352941176471\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: UK Consulate Employee Kidnapped by Chinese Communist Party Speaks to Breitbart <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P6JbpMODX6\">https:\/\/t.co\/P6JbpMODX6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1226452661412691971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mr Cheng is a former employee in the United Kingdom\u2019s Hong Kong consulate and a vocal supporter of pro-democracy protests in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Cheng was kidnapped from Hong Kong and brought to mainland China in 2019, where he was tortured and interrogated for 15 days.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI had been stopped and the immigration officers didn\u2019t give me any reasons but they handed me over to a bunch of plainclothes officers and brought me back to Futian, Shenzhen [in mainland China] and what I heard was that they were working for the Public Security Bureau,\u201d Cheng told Breitbart London during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/02\/09\/exclusive-uk-consulate-employee-kidnapped-by-chinese-communist-party-speaks-to-breitbart\/\">exclusive interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very harsh experience that I went through, I went through rounds and rounds of interrogation, asking me about my roles in the protests [in Hong Kong] and the UK\u2019s roles in the protests,\u201d Cheng continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3042253521127\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Activist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nathanlawkc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nathanlawkc<\/a> tells Breitbart London&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KurtZindulka<\/a> the recent crackdowns by the CCP on the Tiananmen Square Massacre vigil and the imposition of censorship in the film industry represent the \u201cannihilation\u201d of Hong Kong&#8217;s freedoms. READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rdbRPRnDAd\">https:\/\/t.co\/rdbRPRnDAd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/droWSgZd17\">pic.twitter.com\/droWSgZd17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1404772677320126467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The other man, Nathan Law, helped organise the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement protests in Hong Kong, becoming the youngest person ever elected to&nbsp;the Hong Kong Legislative Council in 2016. He was subsequently removed from the position after pledging his loyalty to the \u201cHong Kong nation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Law left Hong Kong after the arrests of fellow activists Agnes Chow and Joshua Wong, which followed the implementation of the so-called national security law in 2020. He has since been living in exile in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way that China has been dealing with Hong Kong is to transplant the dominance of all power, so they are crushing the civil society including the rights of artistic expression and all sorts of rights,\u201d Law told Breitbart London during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/06\/15\/exclusive-ccp-has-annihilated-hong-kongs-freedoms-says-exiled-activist-nathan-law\/\">an interview<\/a> earlier this year. \u201cThis is defiantly a demonstration of Hong Kong\u2019s One Country, Two Systems annihilation and turning into One Country, One System.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WeChat posts come after a street fight erupted in London\u2019s Chinatown last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2018Stop Asian Hate\u2019 rally devolved into a brawl with counterdemonstrators protesting the alleged genocide of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. The brawl has&nbsp;made headlines in China, according to <em>The Telegraph<\/em>, despite receiving little to no coverage in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Cheng, who has been falsely accused of being present at the brawl, despite being sick with Covid at the time, claims that the brawl has been weaponized by pro-Beijing outlets. Accusations have also been made that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to conflate anti-Chinese racism with any criticism of the regime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9473684210526\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HSBC &#8216;Colluded&#8217; with CCP to Debank Democracy Activists: Hong Kong Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZEEGAy9A11\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZEEGAy9A11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1353417283004063744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British police have launched an investigation after Hong Kong activists were targeted by a \u00a310,000 anonymous bounty for information. 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