Hong Kong woman detained over alleged links to wanted opposition legislator Nathan Law, Post has learned
- Woman taken into custody by national security police on Friday, but later released without charge
- Detained woman also accused of links to people connected with now-disbanded opposition group Demosisto
Hong Kong’s national security police have detained a woman over an alleged connection with fugitive former opposition legislator Nathan Law Kwun-chung in the latest move to cut off support and funding for him from the city, the Post has learned.
The woman was taken away by officers from the force’s National Security Department after a raid on her flat in North Point on Friday morning, but was later released.
The Post learned that the woman was accused of having connections to Law and of links to people involved in the now-disbanded opposition group Demosisto.
The source said the woman was questioned over whether she had contacted Law or offered him help and financial support.
A source familiar with the case said no arrests had been made, but the investigation continued.
Law, 30, who left the city in June 2020, is one of eight activists now overseas who were accused of breaches of the national security law, imposed by Beijing that year.
Hong Kong national security law: police offer HK$1 million rewards for arrest of 8
Each has a HK$1 million (US$128,280) price on their head.
A police reward notice alleged Law had asked foreign countries to impose sanctions or engage in hostile activities against the country and Hong Kong between July 2020 and November 2022.
The other wanted opposition figures are barrister and ex-legislator Dennis Kwok Wing-hang, former lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung, trade unionist Mung Siu-tat, lawyer Kevin Yam Kin-fung, and activists Finn Lau Cho-dik, Anna Kwok Fung-yee and Elmer Yuan Gong-yi.
