The father of a wanted Hong Kong activist has been convicted under the city’s domestic national security law for trying to cash out an insurance policy worth more than HK$88,000 in his daughter’s name.
West Kowloon Court on Wednesday convicted Kwok Yin-sang of attempting to deal with the financial assets of US-based activist Anna Kwok Fung-yee, despite knowing authorities had classified her as an absconder under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.
The 69-year-old defendant is the first person to be found guilty of a non-sedition-related offence under the ordinance, which was enacted in 2024 to fulfil the requirement of Article 23 of the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution.
Anna Kwok, the executive director of the US-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, is wanted by national security police for allegedly colluding with foreign forces by instigating sanctions against the city and mainland China.
The elder Kwok, the proprietor of a local engineering firm, ran into legal trouble after seeking to cash out a life and personal accident insurance policy with AIA International that he bought for his daughter when she was 22 months old.
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